Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 01 AOU 2010 |
| Heure: | 15:00 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Compagnie: | All West Freight |
| Immatriculation: | N709RR |
| Numéro de série: | 20158 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1954 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Mount Healy, near Denali National Park, AK (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Affaires |
| Aéroport de départ: | Palmer-Wolf Lake Airport, AK, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Unalakleet Airport, AK (UNK/PAUN), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
A Fairchild C-123K Provider cargo plane, registered N709RR, was destroyed when it crashed at the southern flanks of Mount Healy, about 2 km from the Denali National Park, AK. The crash started a wildland fire. The three occupants didn't survive the crash.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that originated at the Palmer-Wolf Lake Airport, AK and was destined for Unalakleet Airport (UNK), AK. The purpose of the flight was to transport a large generator to Unalakleet.
Numerous people observed the airplane flying low and slow over the Denali National Park before it entered a steep left bank and then nosedive into the ground. The airplane impacted sloping, wooded terrain adjacent to Park Road, which is the main road into Denali National Park. The airplane collided with numerous standing Spruce trees that were densely situated on the hillside.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed to avoid a low altitude stall, resulting in a loss of control and collision with terrain." Sources:
» FAA
» Statement from National Park Service (Anchorage Daily News, 1-8-2010)
» Cargo plane crash in Denali Park kills 3 (Anchorage Daily News, 1-8-2010)
» National Park Service identifies aircraft (Anchorage Daily News, 1-8-2010)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Palmer-Wolf Lake Airport, AK et Unalakleet Airport, AK est de 631 km (394 miles).
La distance entre Palmer-Wolf Lake Airport, AK et Unalakleet Airport, AK est de 631 km (394 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
