Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 10 FEB 1971 |
| Time: | 13:05 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Reeve Aleutian Airways |
| Registration: | N10012 |
| C/n / msn: | 33271 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nondalton Airport, AK (NNL) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America |
| Nondalton Airport, AK (NNL), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 012 |
After a flight from Anchorage the C-46 nosed up on touchdown on an ice covered lake. The nose section, including cockpit, broke off when the plane broke through the ice.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper in-flight decisions or planning
terrain - other Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
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 Anchorage International Airport, AK to Nondalton Airport, AK as the crow flies is 294 km (184 miles).
Distance from Anchorage International Airport, AK to Nondalton Airport, AK as the crow flies is 294 km (184 miles).
