ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332154
| Date: | Monday 17 April 1967 |
| Time: | 14:52 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | N7777C |
| MSN: | 4803 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ/PAOT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
PROBABLEÂ 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
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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