ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328475
| Date: | Tuesday 30 October 1979 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota IVM |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Flying Service |
| Registration: | N99663 |
| MSN: | 33467/16719 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bettles Airport, AK (BTT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Bettles Airport, AK (BTT/PABT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Visibility at Bettles was very poor due to blowing snow and a low ceiling. DC-3 N99663 was on finals during a localiser DME approach when it struck three parked aircraft 50 feet to the right of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
FACTORS:
weather - low ceiling
weather - fog
weather - snow
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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