ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330146
Date: | Tuesday 10 July 1973 |
Time: | 09:58 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Fairbanks Air Service |
Registration: | N1312V |
MSN: | 22575 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Beluga Airport, AK (BVU) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
Destination airport: | Beluga Airport, AK (BVU/PABG) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed 152 feet short of the runway when the main gear struck a bank, which was located 18 inches below the runway level. The pilot tried to go around but the left engine quit. The C-46 crash-landed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
weather - downdraft,updrafts
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC74AA002 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI); May 1973
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