ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333713
| Date: | Thursday 22 September 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 56541 |
| MSN: | 22191 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 290 km SE off Okinawa, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
| Luzon Island-Cubi Point NAS (NCP/RPMB) |
The R5D-3 transport plane went down after transmitting a message that the No. 3 engine was on fire and they were diverting to Okinawa. The fire in the No. 3 engine was extinguished but a residual fire continued in a tire until it ignited the fuel tank resulting in an explosion.
Sources:
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (196074) / hawaiilibrary.net
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