Lockheed 10 Electra crash, Jan 5, 1943 (2 killed), Ketchi...
Lockheed 10 Electra accident on January 5, 1943 near Ketchikan Alaska, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft probably flew into the...
- Date: January 5, 1943
- Aircraft: Lockheed 10 Electra
- Location: Ketchikan Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft probably flew into the mountain after confusion over the heading of the radio beam from the Annette Island tower.
A Lockheed 10B Electra, NC14915, flying from Seattle to Ketchikan on 5 January 1943 came down on a mountaintop on the mainland near Annette Island. The pilot, Harold Gillam, died of exposure after leaving the group, and a woman passenger died within two days. The four other passengers survived and were rescued about a month later.