Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 20, 1949 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 20, 1949 near Homer Alaska, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: Pilot decision to leave the...
- Date: January 20, 1949
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Homer Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot decision to leave the designated airway at an altitude too low to clear terrain
An Alaska Airlines DC 3 struck a mountainside near Ptarmigan Head, near Homer, Alaska, on 20 January 1949. Five of the six occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.