Douglas DC-7C N290
3 June 1963 · Annette Isld, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 June 1963 at about 10:16 local time, a Douglas DC-7C registered N290, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Annette Isld, Alaska, United States. 101 people were on board and 101 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:16
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Annette Isld, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-7C
- Registration
- N290
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0009
People
101 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
CRASHED IN NO.PACIFIC 116 MI FROM ANNETTE ISLAND. UNDETERMINED, LACK OF EVIDENCE.RECOV DATE 060463.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-7C accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 1963 | Douglas DC-7C | Panama Cty, Central America | Braniff Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 1962 | Douglas DC-7C | Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1966 | Douglas DC-7C | Miami Fla, Florida, United States | Modern Air Transport, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 12 Sep 1966 | Douglas DC-7C | Tokyo, Other-Foreign Countries | Airlift International, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Dec 1966 | Douglas DC-7C | Saigon, Asia | Airlift International, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 1968 | Douglas DC-7C | Miami, Florida, United States | Airlift International, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |