Anchorage - Anchorage

On October 1, 1970 at 02:46 PM, Anchorage - Anchorage experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Federal Aviation Administration - FAA, with the event recorded near Anchorage-Merrill Field Alaska.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training flight. After takeoff from runway 24, while in initiale climb, the airplane suffered two consecutive stalls then banked left and right. It lost height and crashed in a huge explosion, killing both pilots.

Aircraft reference details include registration N47, MSN 16407/33155, year of manufacture 1945.