Date: | Monday 3 June 1963 |
Time: | 18:16 |
Type: | Douglas DC-7CF |
Owner/operator: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
Registration: | N290 |
MSN: | 45209/861 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 101 / Occupants: 101 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 292 km WSW off Annette Island, AK, USA -
Pacific Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
Destination airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-7C was on a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) charter flight from McChord AFB to Elmendorf AFB, departing McChord at 07:52 PST. Last radio contact with the flight was at 10:06 when the crew requested a clearance to climb to a cruising altitude of 18000 feet instead of 14000 feet.
At 11:16 PST a search for the aircraft was begun, with floating debris located at 19:22 PST.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Because of lack of evidence, the Board is unable to determine the probable cause of the accident."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB Accident Report File No. 1-0009
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND); February 1961
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