Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1951 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-5 |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17114 |
| C/n / msn: | 12008 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK), United States of America |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK), United States of America |
Crashed shortly after takeoff following engine fire.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Ottawa Citizen - May 9, 1951
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
