ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196462
Last updated: 27 September 2020
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| Date: | 20-JAN-1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C18S |
| Owner/operator: | Wien Alaska Airlines |
| Registration: | N6674C |
| C/n / msn: | 8313 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nome, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Nome, AK |
| Kotzebue, AK |
Having flown passengers from Kotzebue to Nome, pilot took off to return to Kotzebue without passengers. When just airborne cabin gas heater burst into flames. Pilot turned back to land but right wing struck telephone pole and was torn off. Aircraft rolled and crashed upside down in a pipe storage before burning for hours.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Jul-2017 09:38 | mojga | Added |
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