- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 27, 1947
Time: ?
Location: Yakutat, Alaska
Operator: Columbia Air Cargo
Flight #: ?
Route: Fairbanks - Yakutat
AC Type: Douglas DC-3C
Registration: NC95486
cn / ln: 6065
Aboard: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Fatalities: 13   (passengers:11  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into trees while on approach to Yakutat. Failure to follow the approved instrument approach procedures while making an initial approach at an altitude insufficient to clear trees along the flight path.
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