Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Dec 23, 1986, Pacific Ocean
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on December 23, 1986 near Pacific Ocean, World with no fatalities. Cause: Uncontrollable fire in the No. 3 engine...
- Date: December 23, 1986
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Uncontrollable fire in the No. 3 engine forced the crew to ditch the aircraft.
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster (N96361) on a training flight ditched in the Pacific Ocean on the evening of 23 December 1986 after an uncontrollable fire in its No. 3 engine. Both crew survived and the aircraft was lost.