 Flight 1866 , a Boeing 727 – 193 operating Anchorage @-@ Cordova @-@ Yakutat @-@ Juneau @-@ Sitka , crashed into a mountain in the Chilkat Mountain Range about 18 @.@ 5 miles ( 29 @.@ 8 km ) from the airport while on approach to Juneau . All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed . The cause of the crash was determined to be misleading navigational information given to the flight crew , the failure of the crew to use all navigational aids and not performing the required audio identification of the navigational facilities . 
