ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324153
Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1997 |
Time: | 19:13 |
Type: | Beechcraft 1900C |
Owner/operator: | Ameriflight |
Registration: | N3172A |
MSN: | UB-47 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Total airframe hrs: | 23892 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX) |
Destination airport: | Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:When the pilot initiated full flaps for landing approaching the threshold of runway 34L at Seattle, the aircraft's airspeed began to decay rapidly and a high sink rate developed as the aircraft entered into a stall/mush condition. The aircraft then landed hard, overloading the nose and left-main landing gear which collapsed. A post-impact fuel system leak during the ground slide led to a post-crash fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A stall/mush condition resulting from an aft center of gravity which was inaccurately provided to the pilot-in-command by contractual cargo-loading personnel. Additional causes were overloading of the aircraft's landing gear and fuel leakage resulting in a post-crash fire. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's improper lowering of flaps in an aft CG situation and the inadequate company procedures for cargo loading."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA97FA188 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 10 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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