- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 21, 1961 |
Time: | 0211 |
Location: | Shemya, Alaska |
Operator: | Alaska Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Seattle - Shemya AFB |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-6A |
Registration: | N6118C |
cn / ln: | 45243/919 |
Aboard: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Undershot the runway by 200 feet, crashed and burned. Absence of approach and runway lights. Lack of guidance from air traffic controller during last stages of flight. |
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