Accident Cessna C-34 NC16408,
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Date:Sunday 14 November 1943
Time:c 13:30
Type:Cessna C-34
Owner/operator:Wien Alaska Airlines
Registration: NC16408
MSN: 327
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North fork of the Salcha River, AK -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Eagle, AK
Destination airport:Fairbanks, AK
Narrative:
Emergency landing after running out of fuel, the wing struck a tree at 40ft overshooting his landing area in a creek bed and crashed.

Sources:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33190

Revision history:

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19-Dec-2021 14:07 Cobar Added

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