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| Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 10B Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Morrison Knudsen Construction Co. |
| Registration: | NC14915 |
| MSN: | 1021 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ketchikan, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Seattle, WA |
| Annette Island, AK |
Crash landed Misty Fjords, 30 miles SE of Ketchikan due to icing and the failure of the left engine. Four survivers rescued after 33 days.
Sources:
Hearts of Courage: The Gillam Planecrash...
http://tighar.org/Contract_Services/Gillam/Gillam01.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Apr-2010 12:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 26-Apr-2010 02:00 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jul-2011 11:54 | john tippets | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2012 01:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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