Boeing 727-100 crash, Sep 4, 1971 (111 killed), Juneau Al...
Boeing 727-100 accident on September 4, 1971 near Juneau Alaska, United States with 111 fatalities. Cause: Crew did not use all available navigational...
- Date: September 4, 1971
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Juneau Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 111
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew did not use all available navigational aids to check progress along the localizer approach and did not perform the required identification of the navigational facilities
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866, a scheduled service from Anchorage to Seattle with stops in Southeast Alaska, struck the Chilkat Range while on an instrument approach to Juneau. All 111 people on board were killed. The NTSB found the crew did not use all available navigation aids to check their progress on the approach.