Status:	Final
Date:	13 JAN 1977
Time:	06:35 AST
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62AF
Operator:	Japan Air Lines - JAL
Registration:	JA8054
C/n / msn:	46148/553
First flight:	1971
Total airframe hrs:	19744
Engines:	4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC) (United States of America)
Phase:	Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America
Destination airport:	Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan

Narrative:
The DC-8 had been cleared for a runway 24L departure. Taxiing to the runway in thick fog, the crew ended up on runway 24R. Tower control gave directions and the crew then taxied to runway 24L. Just after lifting off the runway, the DC-8 stalled and crashed 300m past the runway. The initial blood alcohol level of the captain was 298 mgs percent. A blood alcohol level of 100 mgs percent was considered to be legally intoxicating for drivers in the State of Alaska.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "A stall that resulted from the pilot's control inputs aggravated by airframe icing while the pilot was under the influence of alcohol. Contributing to the cause of this accident was the failure of the other flightcrew members to prevent the captain from attempting the flight."

Events:

Sources:
» Flight International 05.02.1977 (267)
» NTSB-AAR-78-07