Adak - Adak

On August 31, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Adak - Adak experienced a crash involving Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Little Tanaga Island Alaska.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Few minutes after its takeoff from Adak Airport, en route for a maritime patrol flight, the airplane hit the slope of a mountain located on the Little Tanaga Island. The wreckage was found about 20 miles southeast of Adak Airport and all 10 crew members were killed. Crew: Berdel A. Cook, William H. Diana Jr., Frank M. Sueley, George Y. Jenkins, James G. Mallard, Frank W. Mullick, Marvin P. Huber, Anthony C. Molina, Wilford E. Tacie, Donald R. McNair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 66280, MSN 6280, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8268°, -176.1938°.