Date:	Saturday 21 July 1951
Time:
Type:	Douglas DC-4
Owner/operator:	Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL
Registration:	CF-CPC
MSN:	10327
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	P&W R-2000
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Sitka, AK -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR)
Destination airport:	Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED)

Narrative:
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines Douglas DC-4 went missing over Alaska on a flight from Vancouver, Canada, to Anchorage with 37 on board.

The DC-4 departed Vancouver at 18:53 for a flight to Tokyo, the first intermediate stop being Anchorage, Alaska.
At the Cape Spencer intersection in British Columbia, 90 minutes out from Anchorage, it gave an estimate of 24:00 for Yakutat in Alaska. The weather in the area was heavy rain and icing conditions with a visibility of 500 feet.
Nothing further was heard from the aircraft, and at 00:44 an emergency warning was issued when the aircraft was overdue to report.
Search for the aircraft was abandoned on 31 October 1951.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "As no traces of the aircraft or its occupants has been found to date the cause of the disappearance has not been determined."

Built in 1944 for the United States Army Air Forces as a Douglas C-54A Skymaster but on delivery in June 1944 it was diverted to the United States Navy with the designation Douglas R5D-1. In 1946, it was converted to a civil Douglas DC-4 standard for Pan American Airlines as \\\"Clipper Winged Racer\\\". It was sold to Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1950.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Oct-2024 08:14	ASN	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
16-Oct-2024 08:15	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]