Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 16 FEV 1975 |
| Heure: | 19:02 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas DC-6BF |
| Compagnie: | Pacific Alaska Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | N77DG |
| Numéro de série: | 43520/222 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1952 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Fairbanks, AK (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) |
| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Happy Valley Camp, AK, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Three engines had lost power shortly after take-off from runway 10. The aircraft crashed just 2km short of runway 19 in an attempt to return to the airport.
It appeared that the fuel was contaminated.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
personnel - flight engineer: inadequate preflight
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: improperly serviced aircraft (ground crew)
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fuel contamination-exclusive of water in fuel
FACTORS:
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: deficiency,company maintained eqpmt,services,regulation
miscellaneous acts,conditions - failure of two or more engines
terrain - high obstructions
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 3 engines
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-1 engine Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
N77DG, operated by Aero-Retardand is seen here still as a DC-6B, before its conversion to-BF in 1973
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
