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| Date: | Sunday 25 September 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairchild 71 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Air Transport |
| Registration: | NC9709 |
| MSN: | 601 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elbow Passage near Chichagof, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chichagof, AK |
| Juneau, AK |
Emergency landing due to an engine failure, aircraft stalled just before landing and crashed on a beach.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045499/1938-09-26/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=09%2F24%2F1938&sort=date&date2=09%2F26%2F1938&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=16&words=crash+crashed+plane&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Plane+crash&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2022 10:41 | Cobar | Added |
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