- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 02, 1957
Time: 1719
Location: Blyn, Washington
Operator: Alaska Airlines
Flight #: 100
Route: Fairbanks - Seattle
AC Type: Douglas C-54B
Registration: N90449
cn / ln: 27239
Aboard: 5   (passengers:2  crew:3)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:2  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a densly wooded mountain, 3 miles east of Blyn, while en route to Seattle. Navigation error and poor judgement by the pilot in entering an overcast mountainous area at too low an altitude.
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