Airplane Crash - Great Sitkin Island, Alaska 09/24/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Great Sitkin Island, Alaska
| Date | 09/24/1959 |
| Time | 17:20 |
| Location | Great Sitkin Island, Alaska |
| Operator | Reeve Aleutian Airlines |
| Flight # | 3 |
| Route | Shemya - Cold Bay - Adak - Anchorage |
| Type | Douglas C-54B |
| Registration | N63396 |
| Cn/In | 10486 |
| Aboard | 16 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Crashed into a mountain while on approach to Adak. Improper approach. Crew error. Pilot did not fly in accordance with visual flight rules over hazardous terrain. |
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