| Date: | Saturday 31 May 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Reeve Aleutian Airways |
| Registration: | N1302N |
| MSN: | 22479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Driftwood Bay, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Driftwood Bay, AK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Curtiss C-46 freighter took off from Driftwood Bay carrying a cargo of bags of cement. Immediately after lift-off the aircraft started to porpoise and at 800 feet altitude it went into a vertical climb and crashed into water.
The two crew members were killed in this crash.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020662/1958-06-02/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=06%2F01%2F1958&index=0&date2=06%2F08%2F1958&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Reeve&proxdistance=5&state=Alaska&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=Reeve&dateFilterType=range&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2024 09:31 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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