Last updated: 12 July 2020
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Thursday 20 January 1949 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
| Operator: | Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | NC91006 |
| C/n / msn: | 20208 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8051 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 43 km (26.9 mls) NE of Homer, AK ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 853 m (2799 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Homer Airport, AK (HOM/PAHO), United States of America |
| Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 8 |
Takeoff was accomplished from Homer at 19:50. Just before takeoff the flight advised Homer Tower that it would proceed to Kenai in accordance with visual flight rules. At 19:57 the flight was advised by Kenai radio that there were no passengers or cargo at Kenai, so the crew decided not to land at Kenai. At 20:05, the flight struck the south side of Ptarmigan Head at an elevation of 2,800 feet, nine miles east of the center line of the airway to Kenai.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in proceeding off the designated airway at an altitude insufficient to clear the terrain."
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» CAB File No. 1-0008Photos
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
accident date: 20-01-1949
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: NC91006
Map
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 Homer Airport, AK to Kenai Airport, AK as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Homer Airport, AK to Kenai Airport, AK as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
