Fairchild Pilgrim 100A crash, Apr 6, 1944 (6 killed), Nom...
Fairchild Pilgrim 100A accident on April 6, 1944 near Nome Alaska, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Pilot error..
- Date: April 6, 1944
- Aircraft: Fairchild Pilgrim 100A
- Location: Nome Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot error.
The Fairchild Pilgrim 100A NC742N of Pan American flying a scheduled service from Nome to Fairbanks crashed about 10 miles east of Nome, Alaska, on 6 April 1944. It hit trees on a mountain slope in snowfall shortly after takeoff, and all six aboard were killed.