NC10002

On November 9, 1929 at 12:00 AM, NC10002 experienced a crash involving Hamilton H-45, operated by Alaskan Airways, with the event recorded near Bering Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The ship named 'Nanuk' went stuck in the ice in the north part of the Bering Sea. Alaskan Authorities decided to dispatch an aircraft and a crew on site to evacuate the 15 occupants. The crew made a first stop in Teller to refuel. Few hours later, while returning with two passengers on board, the pilot made a right turn at low height when the aircraft impacted the ice field and crashed. As the airplane failed to return to its departure point, SAR operations were initiated. As no trace of the aircraft nor the four occupants was found, all operations were abandoned few weeks later. The wreckage and the four dead bodies were found in February 1930 some 150 km north of the initial track. Crew: Carl Benjamin Eielson, pilot, Earl Borland, engineer. Carl B. Eielson will give his name to the US Air Base in Fairbanks.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC10002, MSN 53, year of manufacture 1928.