Status:	Final
Date:	04 JUN 1981
Time:	16:17
Type:	Convair C-131E (CV-440)
Operator:	Command Aviation
Registration:	N121CA
C/n / msn:	342
First flight:	1956
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Dillingham Municipal Airport, AK (DLG) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Dillingham Municipal Airport, AK (DLG/PADL), United States of America
Destination airport:	Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America

Narrative:
The crew had to return to the airport due to a no. 2 engine failure. The prop was feathered and a circuit was flown with flaps and gear down.
The aircraft overshot the turn to final approach, porpoised three times and struck trees, 0,5 miles short of runway 01.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - exhaust system: stacks
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - leak/leakage
powerplant - powerplant-instruments: power indicators
powerplant - propeller and accessories: governors
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overheated
miscellaneous acts,conditions - erratic
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 1 engine

Sources:
» NTSB