Accident Douglas DC-7CF N290, Monday 3 June 1963

Date:	Monday 3 June 1963
Time:	18:16
Type:	Douglas DC-7CF
Owner/operator:	Northwest Orient Airlines
Registration:	N290
MSN:	45209/861
Year of manufacture:	1957
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 101 / Occupants: 101
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	292 km WSW off Annette Island, AK, USA - Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM)
Destination airport:	Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED)
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-7C was on a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) charter flight from McChord AFB to Elmendorf AFB, departing McChord at 07:52 PST. Last radio contact with the flight was at 10:06 when the crew requested a clearance to climb to a cruising altitude of 18000 feet instead of 14000 feet.
At 11:16 PST a search for the aircraft was begun, with floating debris located at 19:22 PST.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Because of lack of evidence, the Board is unable to determine the probable cause of the accident."

Accident investigation: