Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska
1st stopover
Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport, Cordova, Alaska
2nd stopover
Yakutat Airport, Yakutat, Alaska
3rd stopover
Juneau International Airport, Juneau, Alaska
Last stopover
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka, Alaska
Destination
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington
Occupants
111
Passengers
104
Crew
7
Fatalities
111
Survivors
0
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops in southeast Alaska. The aircraft was a Boeing 727-100 with U.S. registry N2969G[1] manufactured in 1966. On September 4, 1971, the aircraft operating the flight crashed into a mountain in Haines Borough, about 18 miles west of Juneau, Alaska, while on approach for landing. All 111 people aboard were killed.[2] The subsequent investigation found that erroneous navigation readouts led the crew to descend prematurely. No definitive cause for the misleading data was found. It was the first fatal jet aircraft crash involving Alaska Airlines, and remained the deadliest single-aircraft accident in United States history until June 24, 1975, when Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed.[3] It is still, however, the worst air disaster in Alaska state history.[4]
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^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
^Brooks, James (September 3, 2016). "The disaster that taught us to fly safely: 45 years after Flight 1866". Juneau Empire.
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