Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 20 December 1953
Aircraft Type: Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 17179
Location: Agrihan Island –
ÿ Northern Mariana Islands
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: R4D-8 aircraftR4D-8 aircraft
Category: Accident
A US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft crashed into a volcano crater on Agrihan Island, Marianas. The aircraft was searching for a missing weather reconnaissance plane, the US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2, during a search for typhoon Doris with nine occupants. R4D-8 wreckage was discovered on December 26th.A US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft crashed into a volcano crater on Agrihan Island, Marianas. The aircraft was searching for a missing weather reconnaissance plane, the US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2, during a search for typhoon Doris with nine occupants. R4D-8 wreckage was discovered on December 26th.
Description
Crashed into volcano crater on Agrihan Island, Marianas. The airplane was engaged in a search mission to find a US Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (59716) weather reconnaissance plane that went missing while tracing typhoon Doris with nine on board. The R4D-8’s wreckage was located on December 26.
Source of Information
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7SpmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=navy%20plane&pg=5877%2C153912, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NsJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ozEMAAAAIBAJ&dq=navy%20plane&pg=6870%2C5086352http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7SpmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E-sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=navy%20plane&pg=5877%2C153912, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NsJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ozEMAAAAIBAJ&dq=navy%20plane&pg=6870%2C5086352Primary Cause
Possible loss of control during a search mission in a challenging terrain.Possible loss of control during a search mission in a challenging terrain.Share on:
