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Douglas DC-6 aircraft. Captain Petry held a Class I medical certificate issued January 5, 1965, with no limitations. He had a total of 6,861.7 hours of which 426.6 were instrument hours and 4,088.4 hours were in Douglas DC-6 aircraft. Within the 90-day period preceding the accident he had flown a total of 244.7 hours, all in Douglas DC-6 aircraft. He had flown 70.7 hours in the 30-day period preceding the accident.
First Officer William Franklin Newland, age 42, possessed airline transport pilot certificate No. 82646-41 with airplane multiengine land and Douglas DC-3, DC-4, and Curtiss C-46 ratings, and commercial privileges in airplane single-engine land. He also held a flight instructor certificate with airplane and instrument ratings, ground school certificate No. 45619-40, and flight engineer certificate NO. 1180429. His last company line check as a copilot in Douglas DC-6 aircraft was on October 10, 1964, and his latest first officer proficiency check in Douglas DC-6 aircraft was on October 16, 1964. These two checks were satisfactorily passed. He held a first-class medical certificate which was issued on December 8, 1964, with the limitation that he wear correcting glasses while exercising the privileges of his airman certificate. First Officer Newland had a total of 17,310.1 flying hours of which 1,944.7 were instrument hours and 5,214.2 hours were in Douglas DC-6 aircraft.
Flight Engineer James Irwin Middleton, age 36, held flight engineer certificate NO. 1341521 and a mechanic certificate No. 1220145 with an airframe and powerplant rating. He had been an FAA approved check flight engineer on Douglas DC-6/7 aircraft since January 26, 1962, and had successfully passed his latest proficiency check on August 17, 1964. Mr. Middleton had a total of 7,097.9 flight hours of which 6,226.9 hours were in Douglas DC-6 aircraft and of these he had 167.8 hours in the 90-day period preceding the accident. He had flown 73.2 hours in the last 30 days before the accident. His second-class medical certificate was issued on October 9, 1964, with no limitations.
Flight Engineer Observer Carl Washington Baker, age 55, held flight engineer certificate No. 1121310 and mechanic certificate No. N-99-69 with an airframe and powerplant rating. He possessed commercial pilot certificate No. 12855 with an airplane single and multiengine land and instrument ratings. His last engineer proficiency check was accomplished on April 20, 1965, with the comment that his performance was acceptable to a minimal degree only. His second-class medical certificate was dated October 24, 1964, with the limitation that he wear correcting glasses while exercising the privileges of his airman certificate. Mr. Baker had a total of 15,400 flying hours of which 2,500 hours were in Douglas DC-6 and 500 hours were in DC-7 aircraft.
Flight Engineer Observer Walter Paul Bryand, age 32, possessed flight engineer certificate No. 1623451 and mechanic certificate No. 1368275 with airframe and powerplant rating. He also held commercial pilot certificat3e No. 1338588 with airplane single and multiengine land and instrument ratings. His last flight engineer proficiency check was accomplished APril 19, 1965. He possessed a second-class medical certificate issued October 21, 1964, with no limitations. Mr. Bryand had a total of 4,000 hours of which 10 hours were in Douglas DC-6 aircraft.
Records disclosed that both Captain Petry and First Officer Newland had flown into McChord AFB and/or Boeing Field twice (including the subject flight)
