Douglas DC-6 crash, Oct 24, 1947 (52 killed), Bryce Canyo...
Douglas DC-6 accident on October 24, 1947 near Bryce Canyon Utah, United States with 52 fatalities. Cause: Overflowed fuel was drawn into a cabin...
- Date: October 24, 1947
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Bryce Canyon Utah, United States
- Fatalities: 52
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Overflowed fuel was drawn into a cabin heater intake placed too close to a fuel tank vent, because of a design flaw, and it ignited.
United Air Lines Flight 608, a DC 6 flying from Los Angeles toward Chicago, reported a fire in its baggage compartment that the crew could not extinguish. It attempted an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport in Utah and crashed about 1.5 miles southeast of the airport on 24 October 1947. All 52 people aboard were killed.