Whidbey Island - Whidbey Island

On August 29, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Whidbey Island - Whidbey Island experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Mt Baker Washington.

The flight was categorized as training 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: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a training flight when the the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Baker and was destroyed. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The wreckage was eventually spotted by shepherd in 1994.

Aircraft reference details include registration 34637, MSN 237-5527.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.8552°, -121.6660°.