Flugunfall 21 JUL 1951 einer Douglas DC-4 CF-CPC - Sitka, AK
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Datum:Samstag 21 Juli 1951
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-4
Fluggesellschaft:Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL
Kennzeichen: CF-CPC
Werknummer: 10327
Baujahr: 1944
Triebwerk: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 31 / Insassen: 31
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 37 / Insassen: 37
Sachschaden: Vermisst
Konsequenzen: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Unfallort:nahe Sitka, AK (   USA)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR), Kanada
Flug nach:Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED), USA
Flugnummer:3505
Unfallbericht:
The C-54 departed Vancouver at 18:53 for a flight to Tokyo, the first intermediate stop being Anchorage, Alaska.
At the Cape Spencer intersection in British Columbia, 90 minutes out from Anchorage, it gave an estimate of 24:00 for Yakutat in Alaska. The weather in the area was heavy rain and icing conditions with a visibility of 500 feet.
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft, and at 00:44 an emergency warning was issued when the aircraft was overdue to report.
Search for the aircraft was abandoned on 31 October 1951.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "As no traces of the aircraft or its occupants has been found to date the cause of the disappearance has not been determined."



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Distance from Vancouver International Airport, BC to Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK as the crow flies is 2115 km (1322 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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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