Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 22, 1954 (10 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 22, 1954 near Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Pennsylvania, United States with 10 fatalities. Cause: Fuel...
- Date: December 22, 1954
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion
A Johnson Flying Service DC-3 on a military charter from Newark ran out of fuel while approaching Allegheny County Airport in Pittsburgh on 22 December 1954. It ditched in the Monongahela River, and ten of the 28 people on board drowned. The aircraft was later recovered and flew again.