Airplane Crash - Yakutat, Alaska 09/12/1977
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Yakutat, Alaska
| Date | 09/12/1977 |
| Time | 00:12 |
| Location | Yakutat, Alaska |
| Operator | Safe Air Cargo |
| Route | Yakutat - Anchorage |
| Type | Douglas DC-7BF |
| Registration | N6314J |
| Cn/In | 45359/868 |
| Aboard | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The cargo plane did not gain altitude after taking off and crashed into trees 2.5 miles from the runway. The aircraft was overloaded and lost an engine on takeoff. |
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