Status:	Final
Date:	17 APR 1967
Time:	14:52
Type:	Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Operator:	Alaska Airlines
Registration:	N7777C
C/n / msn:	4803
First flight:	1956
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ) (United States of America)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ/PAOT), United States of America

Narrative:
The aircraft belly landed because the crew had failed to select the gear down. Weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident due to heavy snowfall.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to extend landing gear
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - checklist-failed to use
miscellaneous acts, conditions - whiteout
weather - low ceiling
weather - snow
weather - icing conditions-includes sleet, freezing rain,etc.
miscellaneous acts, conditions - ice-windshield

Sources:
» NTSB