Narrative:
Flight 923 departed at 10:30 from Seattle for Juneau with an intermediate stop scheduled at Annette Island. Proceeding at 9,000 feet, the flight arrived over Annette Island at 13:38. Earlier, at 13:26, the flight had received a weather observation which reported an indefinite 1,400-foot ceiling, overcast, lower broken clouds, visibility of 3 miles, rain, wind southeast at 28 miles per hour, with gusts to 40 miles per hour. The flight had commenced the let down but at 13:43 it advised Annette Radio that it was proceeding to Juneau because of extreme turbulence. Just two minutes later the aircraft struck the north side of the Tamgas Mountain at an elevation of approximately 3,400 feet, 196 feet below the summit. The wreckage was found October 31.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board finds that there is not sufficient evidence to determine the probable cause of this accident."
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
» CAB File No. 1-0099-47
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 26 October 1947 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | NC88920 |
| MSN: | 10317 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4146 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Annette Island, AK ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 1036 m (3399 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI), United States of America |
| Annette Island Airport, AK (ANN/PANT), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | PA923 |
Flight 923 departed at 10:30 from Seattle for Juneau with an intermediate stop scheduled at Annette Island. Proceeding at 9,000 feet, the flight arrived over Annette Island at 13:38. Earlier, at 13:26, the flight had received a weather observation which reported an indefinite 1,400-foot ceiling, overcast, lower broken clouds, visibility of 3 miles, rain, wind southeast at 28 miles per hour, with gusts to 40 miles per hour. The flight had commenced the let down but at 13:43 it advised Annette Radio that it was proceeding to Juneau because of extreme turbulence. Just two minutes later the aircraft struck the north side of the Tamgas Mountain at an elevation of approximately 3,400 feet, 196 feet below the summit. The wreckage was found October 31.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board finds that there is not sufficient evidence to determine the probable cause of this accident."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Cause undetermined Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)» CAB File No. 1-0099-47
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Distance from Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA to Annette Island Airport, AK as the crow flies is 1046 km (654 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA to Annette Island Airport, AK as the crow flies is 1046 km (654 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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