Date:	Tuesday 1 September 1953
Time:	18:30
Type:	Douglas C-49K (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Regina Cargo Airlines
Registration:	N19941
MSN:	6333
Year of manufacture:	1942
Total airframe hrs:	8398 hours
Engine model:	Wright R-1820
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	19 km SE of Vail, WA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Monterey-Fort Ord AFB, CA
Destination airport:	Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Monterey at 14:08 for a flight carrying military personnel to McChord AFB. The IFR flight plan was cancelled at 18:20. The aircraft crashed some 26 miles short of the Air Force Base.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's attempt to continue flight under the provisions of Visual Flight Rules during instrument conditions."

CAB File No. 1-0071
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (107-108)

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