Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Sep 22, 1960 (29 killed), P...
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on September 22, 1960 near Pacific Ocean, World with 29 fatalities. Cause: Fire in the number three engine was...
- Date: September 22, 1960
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 29
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fire in the number three engine was extinguished, but a residual fire in a tire later ignited a fuel tank and caused an explosion.
A United States Navy Douglas R5D, a DC4 variant, carrying 29 people reported a fire in engine number three while flying from Atsugi toward Okinawa on 22 September 1960. It disappeared over the Pacific about 290 km southeast of Okinawa and only about 350 kg of debris was recovered, with no bodies found.