# NTSB DCA63A0008: Douglas DC-7C, N290, Annette Isld, AK, June 3, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1963
- Place: Annette Isld, AK · ANNETTE ISLD, AK
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 101 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA63A0008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA63A0008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0009   63/6/3  NR.ANNETTE ISLD,ALAS  DOUGLAS DC-7C       CR-  6  0  0  MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM    AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1016                    N290                PX- 95  0  0                            54, 15465 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3665 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN NO.PACIFIC 116 MI FROM ANNETTE ISLAND. UNDETERMINED,LACK OF EVIDENCE.RECOV DATE 060463.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N290](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N290-1970-06-16), registration cancelled 1970-06-16, S/N 45209 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-7C
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-7C](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-7c) (registry code 3021806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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