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| Date: | Saturday 2 June 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky S-43 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | N16934 |
| MSN: | 4325 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chignik Lagoon, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Naknek, AK |
| Chignik Lagoon, AK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sunk; CNK; recovered 1981->preserved. Hit an object on landing and sunk.
Sources:
web https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045298/1951-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1951&index=1&date2=12%2F31%2F1951&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Sikorsky&proxdistance=5&state=Alaska&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Sikorsky&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2017 17:04 | TB | Added |
| 13-Jan-2022 20:23 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 24-Jul-2023 11:42 | Cobar | Updated |
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