Date: | Sunday 12 June 2011 |
Time: | 02:45 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6BF |
Owner/operator: | Universal Airlines, Inc. |
Registration: | N600UA |
MSN: | 44894/651 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 37334 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Togiak Village Airport, AK (TOG/PATG) |
Destination airport: | Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A DC-6BF cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a belly landing at Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB), USA. None of the four crew members were injured.
The airplane operated on a positioning flight from Togiak Village (TOG).
According to the captain, while on approach to land, he distracted the crew by pointing out a boat dock. He said that after touchdown, he realized that the landing gear was not extended, and the airplane slid on its belly, sustaining substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. In the captain's written statement to the NTSB, he reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, but indicated that the flight crew did not hear the landing gear retracted warning horn.
The airplane was put up for sale by KW Salvage in September 2011 and again in July 2013
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels up landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's diverted attention."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC11CA044 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
FAA
KTUU-TV
Location
Images:
photo (c) Joseph Barbara; Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB); 29 August 2013
photo (c) Joseph Barbara; Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB); 28 August 2013
photo (c) Timo Blossfeld; Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN); 05 June 2011
photo (c) Toshio TAGAYA; Everett-Snohomish County Airport, WA (PAE/KPAE); 03 September 2010
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