by the Civil Aeronautics Board

“ Copilot John F. Bird, Jr., age 29, was hired by Alaska Airlines on April 13, 1959. He possessed a flight engineer certificate No. 1439330 and commercial pilot certificate No. 1358926, airplane multiengine land and instrument rating. He completed first officer qualifications on DC-6 equipment May 21, 1961. Mr. Bird had accumulated 2,061 hours pilot time, of which 101 hours were in DC-6 equipment. He had also 150 hours of actual instrument time. His DC-6 engineer time was 780 hours. Mr. Bird possessed a first-class medical certificate dated May 25, 1961. ”

“ The Civil Aeronautics Board was notified of the occurrence of the accident at 0350 Alaska Daylight Time July 21, 1961. An investigation was immediately initiated in accordance with the provisions of Title VII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. ”