Juneau - Annette Island

On December 16, 1959 at 04:20 PM, Juneau - Annette Island experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by California Aircraft Company, with the event recorded near Ketchikan Alaska.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Juneau to Annette Island, the crew reported engine problems. The seaplane later crashed in an isolated area located in the region of Ketchikan. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N64T, MSN 2102, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3431°, -131.6467°.