AP-ADK - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ADK

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

August 1949

Operator/Owner:

Pak Air

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster

Construction Number:

10320

Line Number:

DC51

Year Built:

1944

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

N48762

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

N48762

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 10320, line number DC51. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-72215. To United States Navy (USN), Bureau Number (BuNo) 39167, operated under designation Douglas R5D-1. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N48762 for Transocean Air Lines. Leased out to Pak Air, September 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADK, operated under designation Douglas DC-4. Aircraft returned to Transocean Air Lines, Oakland, California, USA, 1949. Registration AP-ADK removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 20, 1950. Registered in USA as N48762. On October 28, 1960, N48762 was operating Northwest Orient Airlines flight NW-104 from Spokane International Airport, Spokane County, Washington, to Missoula International Airport/Johnson-Bell Field, Missoula County, Montana, when it crashed into mountains in poor weather/visibility. All 4 crew members and 8 passengers died in this accident.

Photo:

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster (registration AP-ADK)