N90269
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- July 6, 1979AccidentHull loss
Crashed into the Bering Sea shortly after takeoff from a sand beach at Big Creek. The aircraft was destroyed and all five occupants were injured. Here is the testimony from Jim Larison who was on board to make a documentary for PBS at the time of the accident: The C-119 aircraft was attempting to take off, but the aircraft could not make lift off speed in time to avoid having to turn right along the beach. As the pilot attempted to turn right we began sliding sideways. The farther right we turne