Notes: CN: 35960
LN: 354
First flight: 1945
Total airframe hrs: 28933
Engines: 4x Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2


Accident Report:
Status: Final
Date: 17 JAN 2007
Time: 15:50
Operator: Brooks Air Fuel
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 8 km (5 mls) W of Nenana, AK (United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America
Destination airport: Nixon Fork Mine, AK, United States of America
Descriptive:
C-54 N82FA departed Fairbanks, carrying 3000 gallons of heating fuel for the Nixon Fork Mine. En route the nr.2 engine started running rough. The pilot elected to shut it down and return to Fairbanks. During the shutdown procedure, the engine caught fire. The fire extinguishing system was activated.
The crew attempted to divert to Nenana Municipal Airport, AK (ENN), but a forced gear-up landing had to be carried out in the tundra. The left wing was consumed by fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of an engine cylinder during cruise flight, which resulted in an in-flight fire, and subsequent emergency gear-up landing on snow-covered tundra. A factor in the accident was the failure of the fire suppression equipment to extinguish the fire."

Location of this image:
Rogers Field, Chester, Plumas County, California
Lat: N 4016.9 Long: W 12114.5
Elev: 4528
Var: -17
Longest Runway: 5320
CTAF: 122.8