Anchorage - Russian River

On August 30, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Anchorage - Russian River experienced a crash involving Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, operated by Star Air Service, with the event recorded near Kenai Alaska.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft was performing a taxi flight from Anchorage to a fishing camp located near Russian River, in the Kenai peninsula. En route, the aircraft christened 'Aquila' hit a mountain located near the Skilak Lake. All six occupants were killed. Crew: Steve Mills, pilot, founder and owner of Star Air Service. Passengers: Mr. & Mrs George Markle, Mr. & Mrs Lawrence David, Mr. Augustus Teik.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC259M, MSN 161, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.5544°, -151.2583°.