Kodiak – Cold Bay – Umnak

On April 29, 1942 at 09:00 AM, Kodiak – Cold Bay – Umnak experienced a crash involving Douglas B-18 Bolo, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Kodiak Alaska.

The flight was categorized as aerial photography and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Crew left Kodiak NAS around 0800LT on a photography mission to Umnak via Cold Bay. Shortly after take off, pilot decided to return to his base for not having the "proper clearance". On ground, pilot complained about the overload of gas and equipment and left again thirty minutes later. While climbing over the Anton Larsen Bay, aircraft was too low and impacted the Sheratin Mountain, about 150 feet below the summit. Seven crew were killed while one was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 37-522, MSN 2522, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 57.7902°, -152.4067°.