ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336120
| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72700 |
| MSN: | 10805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 156 km W of Juneau, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
| Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
The C-54 transport plane was operating on a routing cargo flight when it impacted 1000 feet below the summit of 10,740-foot Mount La Perouse.
Sources:
Star-News - Aug 7, 1950
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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