Narrative:
Flight 99 crashed into a mountain and overturned while attempting to land at Gambell runway 15. A fire started in the left engine but spread only slowly to the passenger cabin.
Weather was poor with low ceilings and a visibility of 400 m at some places.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to adhere to prescribed company instrument approach procedures while attempting to land in adverse weather conditions."
» Flight International 17 April 76 (998)
Flight track
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 30 August 1975 |
| Time: | 13:57 |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27B |
| Operator: | Wien Air Alaska |
| Registration: | N4904 |
| MSN: | 21 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2397 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 514-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 1 km (0.6 mls) E of Gambell Airport, AK (GAM) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM), United States of America |
| Gambell Airport, AK (GAM/PAGM), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 99 |
Flight 99 crashed into a mountain and overturned while attempting to land at Gambell runway 15. A fire started in the left engine but spread only slowly to the passenger cabin.
Weather was poor with low ceilings and a visibility of 400 m at some places.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to adhere to prescribed company instrument approach procedures while attempting to land in adverse weather conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Aviation News 03 October 1975» Flight International 17 April 76 (998)
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations
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Distance from Nome Airport, AK to Gambell Airport, AK as the crow flies is 313 km (196 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Nome Airport, AK to Gambell Airport, AK as the crow flies is 313 km (196 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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