Last updated: 3 December 2021
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Tuesday 1 September 1953 |
| Time: | ca 18:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-49K (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Regina Cargo Airlines |
| Registration: | N19941 |
| MSN: | 6333 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8398 |
| Engines: | 2 Wright R-1820 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) SE of Vail, WA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Monterey-Fort Ord AFB, CA, United States of America |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM), United States of America |
The DC-3 took off from Monterey at 14:08 for a flight carrying military personnel to McChord AFB. The IFR flight plan was cancelled at 18:20. The aircraft crashed some 26 miles short of the Air Force Base.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's attempt to continue flight under the provisions of Visual Flight Rules during instrument conditions."
Classification:
VFR flight in IMC Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» CAB File No. 1-0071» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (107-108)
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Douglas DC-3
- ca 13.000 built
- 3142nd loss
- 1143rd fatal accident
- 111th worst accident (at the time)
- 202nd worst accident (currently)