| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 23, 1962 |
| Time: | 2100 |
| Location: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Operator: | Flying Tiger Line |
| Flight #: | 923 |
| Route: | Maguire AFB - Gander, Newfoundland - Frankfurt, Germany |
| AC Type: | Lockheed 1049H-82 Super Constellation |
| Registration: | N6923C |
| cn / ln: | 4827 |
| Aboard: | 76 (passengers:68 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:23 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | A fire developed in the No. 3 engine. A few minutes later, the propeller of the No. 1 engine oversped and the flight engineer inadvertently closed the firewall shutoff valve to the No. 1 engine. The No. 1 engine was then shut down. The No. 2 engine then developed mechanical trouble. The plane ditched at sea approximately 560 nm W of Shannon, Ireland. Gander was a refueling stop, The flight was chartered by MATS and the passengers were all U.S. servicemen and their families. Failure of 2 of the 4 aircraft's engines and the improper action of the flight engineer which disabled a 3rd engine necessitating a ditching at sea. |
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