Valdez - Valdez

On April 25, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Valdez - Valdez experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-123 Provider, operated by Air National Guard, with the event recorded near Valdez Alaska.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Valdez Airport, while climbing by night and in heavy snow falls, the airplane went into a nose-down attitude then plunged into the sea about a mile off shore. All six crew members were killed. They were conducting a local training flight on behalf of the Air National Guard.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-4388, MSN 20272, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.1299°, -146.3494°.