Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Jan 5, 2006, Norman Wells
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on January 5, 2006 near Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: A fuel leak from an...
- Date: January 5, 2006
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A fuel leak from an inlet line that had not been replaced as required by an airworthiness directive caused an in-flight fire. The fire burned long because the fuel selector was not part of the primary engine fire checklist.
A Buffalo Airways DC-4 cargo flight climbing out of Norman Wells lost an engine to a nacelle fire. The fire continued after the crew used the extinguishers, and they prepared for an off-field landing until closing the fuel selector extinguished the fire. The crew then returned and landed safely at Norman Wells on two engines, and none of the four crew were hurt.