Accident
Last updated: 27 June 2017
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | dimanche 16 mai 1982 |
| Heure: | 10:15 ADT |
| Type/Sous-type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Opérant pour: | Wien Air Alaska |
| Immatriculation: | N103AQ |
| Numéro de série: | 183 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1968 |
| Heures de vol: | 15267 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 6 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 8 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Hooper Bay, AK ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Charter National |
| Aéroport de départ: | Scammon Bay SPB, AK (SCM/PACM), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Hooper Bay Airport, AK (HPB/PAHP), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 517 |
The Twin Otter crashed 1320 feet short of runway 13 onto hard-packed snow and ice.
The airplane was owned by Kodiak Aviation and leased to, and operated by, Gifford Aviation. Gifford Aviation, Inc., was operating the flight under contract to Wien Air Alaska.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to compute and properly interpret the aircraft's weight and balance and their operation of the aircraft with the centre of gravity substantially aft of its authorized limit which resulted in loss of control of the aircraft during a landing attempt."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» NTSB-AAR-82-16Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Scammon Bay SPB, AK et Hooper Bay Airport, AK est de 47 km (29 miles).
La distance entre Scammon Bay SPB, AK et Hooper Bay Airport, AK est de 47 km (29 miles).
