Airplane Crash - Shemya, Alaska 07/21/1961
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Shemya, Alaska
| Date | 07/21/1961 |
| Time | 02:11 |
| Location | Shemya, Alaska |
| Operator | Alaska Airlines |
| Route | Seattle - Shemya AFB |
| Type | Douglas DC-6A |
| Registration | N6118C |
| Cn/In | 45243/919 |
| Aboard | 6 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Undershot the runway by 200 feet, crashed and burned. Absence of approach and runway lights. Lack of guidance from air trafficontroller during last stages of flight. |
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