ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358866
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| Date: | Monday 12 June 1995 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 402B |
| Owner/operator: | Watchtower Bible And Tract Soc |
| Registration: | N710WS |
| MSN: | 402B0558 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2043 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tuntutuliak, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (BET) |
| (AK61) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE RUNWAY SURFACE HAD BEEN GRADED, AND SOFT GRADED MATERIAL HAD BEEN PUSHED INTO A SMALL DEPRESSION ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING BACK TO THE RAMP, WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL ROLLED INTO THE DEPRESSION AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE SOFT AREA/DEPRESSION HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY MARKED WITH YELLOW CONES. THE CONES HAD BEEN REMOVED WHILE THE RUNWAY WAS BEING GRADED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. NO NOTAMS HAD BEEN ISSUED. THE ALASKA SUPPLEMENT STATED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS SOFT AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT MONITORED.
Probable Cause: THE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL'S INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE OF THE RUNWAY BY NOT REPLACING THE YELLOW CONES THAT MARKED THE SOFT AREA. THE SOFT AREA ON THE RUNWAY WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC95LA077
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 19:02 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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