Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 28 JUN 1997 |
| Time: | 16:18 ADT |
| Type: | Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair |
| Operator: | Hondu Carib Cargo |
| Registration: | N103 |
| C/n / msn: | 4/10273 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7145 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Venetie, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Venetie Airport, AK (VEE), United States of America |
| Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America |
The Carvair took off from Venetie for a VFR positioning flight to Fairbanks. The aircraft was climbing when the number two engine on the left wing began to run rough. Soon thereafter, a fire warning light for the same engine illuminated in the cockpit. Fire was visually confirmed, the engine was shut down, and both banks of fire bottles were discharged. The fire continued to burn, and the number two engine fell off the wing. The captain was forced to carry out an emergency landing on a sand and gravel bar in the Chandalar River.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A fire associated with the number 2 engine for undetermined reasons." Sources:
» NTSB Identification: ANC97LA093
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Venetie Airport, AK to Fairbanks International Airport, AK as the crow flies is 251 km (157 miles).
Distance from Venetie Airport, AK to Fairbanks International Airport, AK as the crow flies is 251 km (157 miles).
