Date: | Thursday 20 January 1949 |
Time: | 20:05 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
Registration: | NC91006 |
MSN: | 20208 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8051 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 43 km NE of Homer, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Homer Airport, AK (HOM/PAHO) |
Destination airport: | Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Takeoff was accomplished from Homer at 19:50. Just before takeoff the flight advised Homer Tower that it would proceed to Kenai in accordance with visual flight rules. At 19:57 the flight was advised by Kenai radio that there were no passengers or cargo at Kenai, so the crew decided not to land at Kenai. At 20:05, the flight struck the south side of Ptarmigan Head at an elevation of 2,800 feet, nine miles east of the center line of the airway to Kenai.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in proceeding off the designated airway at an altitude insufficient to clear the terrain."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0008
Location
Images:
photo (c) Justin Adolf; near Homer, AK; August 2012
photo (c) Justin Adolf; near Homer, AK; August 2012
photo (c) Justin Adolf; near Homer, AK; August 2012
photo (c) Justin Adolf; near Homer, AK; August 2012
photo (c) Justin Adolf; near Homer, AK; August 2012
photo (c) Bryce Donich; near Homer, AK; 05 March 2016
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