Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 28, 1948 (32 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 28, 1948 near Coalinga California, United States with 32 fatalities. Cause: In flight fire from a fuel...
- Date: January 28, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Coalinga California, United States
- Fatalities: 32
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: In flight fire from a fuel leak at the left engine fuel pump.
An Airline Transport Carriers Douglas C 47B NC36480, flying for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, caught fire in flight over the Diablo Range near Coalinga, California, on 28 January 1948. All 32 people aboard, three crew and 29 passengers, mostly Mexican farm laborers, were killed.