Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Freitag 12 März 1976 |
Zeit: | 10:40 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed L-188AF Electra |
Fluggesellschaft: | Great Northern Airlines |
Kennzeichen: | N401FA |
Werknummer: | 1059 |
Baujahr: | 1959-05-15 (16 years 10 months) |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Udrivik Lake, AK ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
Flug von: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), USA |
Flug nach: | Udrivik Lake, AK, USA |
Unfallbericht:The aircraft, carrying 18930l. of fuel oil landed at Udrivik Lake. Braking action was poor so the pilot groundlooped the aircraft to prevent it from overrunning the runway. The Electra slid off sideways causing the right main gear to collapse. A fire broke out.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLEÂ CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - selected wrong runway relative to existing wind
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
FACTOR(S)
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - downwind
miscellaneous acts,conditions - ran off end of runway
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional ground-water-loop-swerve
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
Informationsquelle:
» NTSB File # 1-0025
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.