 Flight 009 , a Douglas C @-@ 54A ( NC91009 ) , with routing Anchorage @-@ Yakutat @-@ Port Hardy @-@ Seattle , crash landed while attempting to make an ILS approach at Seattle @-@ Tacoma International Airport in Seattle . The plane went off the runway , rolled down an embankment , struck a ditch , and continued into the intersection of Des Moines Highway and South 188th Street where it struck an automobile , caught fire and spilled fuel all over the area . Of the 28 occupants , there were eight fatalities , plus the driver of the car . The crash was attributed to pilot error . 
