Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 JUL 1970 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Reeder Flying Service |
| Registration: | N154R |
| C/n / msn: | 6156 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mc Grath Airport, AK (MCG) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | McGrath Airport, AK (MCG/PAMC), United States of America |
| Galena Airport, AK (GAL/PAGA), United States of America |
After raising the landing gear the right propeller struck the runway. The DC-3 crashed and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - diverted attention from operation of aircraft
terrain - high obstructions Sources:
» NTSB File 3-1501
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from McGrath Airport, AK to Galena Airport, AK as the crow flies is 207 km (129 miles).
Distance from McGrath Airport, AK to Galena Airport, AK as the crow flies is 207 km (129 miles).
