Seattle – Ogden-Hill

On April 23, 1965 at 02:23 PM, Seattle – Ogden-Hill experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by Aaxico Airlines - American Air Export %26 Import Company, with the event recorded near Mt Rainier Washington.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On April 23, 1965, at 1423 P.s.t., an AAXICO Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-6A, N6541C, crashed on the west slope of Mt. Rainier, Washington. The accident site was 40.2 nautical miles southeast of the Seattle ‘VORTAC, on the 125° radial, at an elevation of 10,200 feet m.s.l. The aircraft was being operated as Logair Flight 1422A, on a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight from Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, to Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah. All five crew members received fatal injuries as a result of the crash. The flight was attempting to obtain an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) clearance when it struck the snow covered glacier. The aircraft was destroyed by impact. There was no fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6541C, MSN 45369/984, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8522°, -121.7575°.