Douglas DC-4 crash, Sep 20, 1947, Floyd Bennett Field New...
Douglas DC-4 accident on September 20, 1947 near Floyd Bennett Field New York, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Electrical arcing between the...
- Date: September 20, 1947
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
- Location: Floyd Bennett Field New York, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Electrical arcing between the battery bus and an engine control pulley bracket was the cause.
Pan American DC 4 NC88911, operating Flight 131 from Bermuda to New York with 36 passengers and five crew, lost fuel pressure and then several engines. The crew landed on two engines at Floyd Bennett Field and nobody was killed. The aircraft was written off.