ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329666
| Date: | Thursday 27 March 1975 |
| Time: | 18:46 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Fairbanks Air Service |
| Registration: | N4860V |
| MSN: | 30240 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse Airport, AK (SCC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse Airport, AK (SCC/PASC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
IFR flight plan was cancelled on approach to Deadhorse. A VFR approach was executed. The Curtiss touched down short of the runway. The right main gear separated and power was applied for a go-around. The no. 2 engine didn't respond; the prop was feathered and the crew decided to carry out a belly landing. The aircraft slid 460 m before coming to rest on the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude
FACTORS:
weather - downdraft,updrafts
weather - unfavorable wind conditions
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - company dispatch
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA); 23 June 1999
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