Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
Status:Schlussbericht
Datum:26 OKT 1947
Zeit:13:45 PST
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas DC-4
Fluggesellschaft:Pan American World Airways
Kennzeichen: NC88920
Werknummer: 10317
Baujahr: 1944
Betriebsstunden:4146
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 13 / Insassen: 13
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 18 / Insassen: 18
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Annette Island, AK (USA)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Seattle (unknown airport), WA, USA
Flug nach:Annette Island Airport, AK (ANN/PANT), USA
Flugnummer: 923
Unfallbericht:
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."

Informationsquelle:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 46)
» CAB File No. 1-0099-47
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com

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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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