Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 10 JUL 1973 |
| Time: | 09:58 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Fairbanks Air Service |
| Registration: | N1312V |
| C/n / msn: | 22575 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| 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: | Beluga Airport, AK (BVU) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America |
| Beluga Airport, AK (BVU), United States of America |
The aircraft crashed 152 feet short of the runway when the main gear struck a bank, which was located 18 inches below the runway level. The pilot tried to go around but the left engine quit. The C-46 crash-landed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
weather - downdraft,updrafts
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - unknown/not reported 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 Beluga Airport, AK as the crow flies is 56 km (35 miles).
Distance from Anchorage International Airport, AK to Beluga Airport, AK as the crow flies is 56 km (35 miles).
