Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 20 JAN 1949 |
| Zeit: | 20:05 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Alaska Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | NC91006 |
| Werknummer: | 20208 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 8051 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 6 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | nahe Homer, AK (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Homer Airport, AK (HOM/PAHO), USA |
| Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 8 |
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." Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 1-0008
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Homer Airport, AK to Kenai Airport, AK as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
Distance from Homer Airport, AK to Kenai Airport, AK as the crow flies is 103 km (64 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
