douglasr5d3

US Navy Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster, BuNo 56547 (c/n 22199). This aircraft would eventually enter commercial service, initially as N96450, before being registered as N74AF. As per cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=Do...: Leased and then bought by West Indies Air Transport. While taxiing at Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport in Puerto Rico Feb 3, 1992, suffered a hydraulics failure and struck the right wing of parked Super Constellation HI-542CT and ran into a ditch. A fire broke out and N74AF was [Damaged Beyond economical Repair ("DBR")]. Here is a July 2014 photo of the remaining hulk of this aircraft at Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN / TJBQ) by Flickr user Sander: www.flickr.com/photos/xxsander99/14841594953/

These are great photos. Thank you for making them available to the public.

This specific aircraft was transferred from the USAAF as a C-54D Skymaster (ex-USAAF 42-72728) to the Marines as a Douglas R5D-3.

to straighten it up a bit you might have also said it this was R5D-3 Douglas (C-54D Skymaster ex-USAAF 42-72728) PC(4) USMC KW

US Navy Douglas R5D-3 Skymaster, BuNo 56547 (c/n 22199). This aircraft would eventually enter commercial service, initially as N96450, before being registered as N74AF. As per cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzNavySearch.pl?target=Do...: Leased and then bought by West Indies Air Transport. While taxiing at Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport in Puerto Rico Feb 3, 1992, suffered a hydraulics failure and struck the right wing of parked Super Constellation HI-542CT and ran into a ditch. A fire broke out and N74AF was [Damaged Beyond economical Repair ("DBR")]. Here is a July 2014 photo of the remaining hulk of this aircraft at Aguadilla-Borinquen Airport (BQN / TJBQ) by Flickr user Sander: www.flickr.com/photos/xxsander99/14841594953/