Date: | Thursday 24 April 1975 |
Time: | 12:20 |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander |
Owner/operator: | Munz Northern Airlines |
Registration: | N591JA |
MSN: | 57 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tin City Airport, AK (TNC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM) |
Destination airport: | Tin City Airport, AK (TNC/PATC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft hit a steep bluff short of the runway due to downdrafts gusting to 30 kts.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions
pilot in command - delayed in initiating go-around
weather - downdraft,updrafts
FACTORS:
weather - snow
terrain - high obstructions
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC75AA075 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
Images:
photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975
photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975
photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975
photo (c) anon.; near Tin City Airport, AK (TNC); April 1975
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