Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 12 JUN 2011 |
| Heure: | 02:45 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas DC-6BF |
| Compagnie: | Universal Airlines, Inc. |
| Immatriculation: | N600UA |
| Numéro de série: | 44894/651 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1956 |
| Heures de vol: | 37334 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique) |
| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Convoyage |
| Aéroport de départ: | Togiak Village Airport, AK (TOG/PATG), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB/PACD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
A DC-6BF cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a belly landing at Cold Bay Airport, AK (CDB), USA. None of the four crew members were injured.
The airplane operated on a positioning flight from Togiak Village (TOG).
According to the captain, while on approach to land, he distracted the crew by pointing out a boat dock. He said that after touchdown, he realized that the landing gear was not extended, and the airplane slid on its belly, sustaining substantial damage to the underside of the fuselage. In the captain's written statement to the NTSB, he reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, but indicated that the flight crew did not hear the landing gear retracted warning horn.
The airplane was put up for sale by KW Salvage in September 2011.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to extend the landing gear, which resulted in an inadvertent wheels up landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's diverted attention." Sources:
» FAA
» KTUU-TV
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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 Togiak Village Airport, AK et Cold Bay Airport, AK est de 447 km (279 miles).
La distance entre Togiak Village Airport, AK et Cold Bay Airport, AK est de 447 km (279 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.
