ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333938
| Date: | Thursday 24 September 1959 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Reeve Aleutian Airways |
| Registration: | N63396 |
| MSN: | 10486 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Great Sitkin Island, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD) |
| Adak Naval Air Facility, AK (ADK/PADK) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-4 was some 300 miles northeast of Adak when the crew reported flying 4500 feet on top in the clear. The flight was then cleared to the Adak range to maintain VFR on top and to call Adak approach control some 30 minutes before landing. At 17:15 AST the crew advised the company that it was cancelling IFR and proceeding VFR. This was the last radio contact with the flight. The DC-4 was found to have crashed on Sitkin Island at an elevation of 2100 feet (640 m).
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's failure to maintain flight in accordance with visual flight rules during a descent over hazardous terrain."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 62-AN/57 (182-184)
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