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Date: | Monday 9 April 1956 |
Time: | 09:54 |
Type: | Aero Commander 520 |
Owner/operator: | Cordova Airlines |
Registration: | N5386N |
MSN: | 520-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Skilak Lake, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Anchorage |
Destination airport: | Seward, Kenai |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Twin-engined airplane missing on short 20 min flight. Pilot and five passengers. Found crashed into mountain during a snowstorm.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 10 April 1956, p1/11 April 1956, p25
https://books.google.nl/books?id=dGOOeq1BCMEC&pg=PT2&lpg=PT2&dq=cordova+airlines&source=bl&ots=TGogiwJcD5&sig=ACfU3U1p-KV6sJqfg53oZZ28L2S-PStyvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj53N6b-e_pAhUGwKQKHfPWDjk4ChDoATACegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=cordova%20airlines&f=false Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-May-2019 16:14 |
TB |
Added |
23-May-2019 16:31 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
07-Jun-2020 14:59 |
Cobar |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
21-Feb-2021 20:53 |
TB |
Updated [Location] |