ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330097
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| Date: | Saturday 8 September 1973 |
| Time: | 05:42 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF |
| Owner/operator: | World Airways |
| Registration: | N802WA |
| MSN: | 46146/536 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10077 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cold Bay, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-8, operating on cargo flight for the Military Airlift Command from Travis AFB to Clark AFB via Cold Bay and Yokota AFB. The aircraft crashed into Mount Dutton at an altitude of 3500 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's deviation from approved instrument approach procedures. As a result of the deviation the flight descended into an area of unreliable navigation signals and obstructing terrain."
Accident investigation:
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Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); 31 August 1971
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH); 31 August 1971
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