ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328762
| Date: | Friday 13 October 1978 |
| Time: | 16:44 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Arctic Guide |
| Registration: | N4048B |
| MSN: | 125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Anaktuvuk Pass Airport, AK (AKP/PAKP) |
| Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
It was snowing at Barrow as Twin Otter N4048B approached the airport. Ice probably started to accumulate on the aircraft until the airplane stalled and crashed short of the runway. It appeared that the de-ice boots on the horizontal stabilizer were installed improperly.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
airframe - flight control surfaces: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improperly installed
pilot in command - failed to use or incorrectly used misc.equipment
miscellaneous acts,conditions - anti-icing/deicing equipment-improper operation of/or failed to use
pilot in command - misused or failed to use flaps
FACTORS:
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: inadequate flight training-procedures
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: deficiency,company maintained eqpmt,services,regulation
weather - icing conditions-includes sleet,freezing rain,etc.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK); May 1969
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