ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329432
| Date: | Friday 12 March 1976 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188AF Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Great Northern Airlines |
| Registration: | N401FA |
| MSN: | 1059 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Udrivik Lake, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Udrivik Lake, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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(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
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File # 1-0025
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