Status:	Final
Date:	16 JAN 1965
Time:	17:05
Type:	Fairchild C-82A Packet
Operator:	Interior Airways
Registration:	N208M
C/n / msn:	10163
First flight:
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Beaver, Yukon Flats, AK (United States of America)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America

Narrative:
The C-82A Packet operated on a ferry flight to Fairbanks, AK (FAI). The pilot had received en route sky conditions, but did not receive a weather briefing. Carburettor icing en route caused a loss of power on both engines. The pilot made a forced landing in blowing snow conditions in a remote part of Alaska, some 100 miles North of Fairbanks.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - anti-icing/deicing equipment-improper operation of/or failed to use
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ice-carburetor
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
weather - conditions conducive to carb./induction system icing

Sources:
» NTSB