Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 24 DEC 1968 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Operator: | Interior Airways |
| Registration: | N760AL |
| C/n / msn: | 4229 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Prudhoe Bay, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America |
| Prudhoe Bay Airport, AK (PUO), United States of America |
At 200 feet on finals sight of the runway was lost due to blowing snow. A go around was initiated, but the aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions and delayed in initiating go around.; 2) Weather conditions - down/up drafts." Sources:
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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 Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Prudhoe Bay Airport, AK as the crow flies is 627 km (392 miles).
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Prudhoe Bay Airport, AK as the crow flies is 627 km (392 miles).
