Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Jan 27, 1952, Pisa Tuscany

Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on January 27, 1952 near Pisa Tuscany, Italy with no fatalities.

On 27 January 1952 a Seaboard & Western Douglas DC-4 carrying cattle from Frankfurt to Milan was diverted to Pisa. After landing on a wet runway it ran off the end into a ravine and a fire broke out in the number 2 engine. The crew escaped unhurt, most of the cattle died and the aircraft was destroyed.

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