ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328691
Date: | Friday 5 January 1979 |
Time: | 20:21 |
Type: | Lockheed L-188PF Electra |
Owner/operator: | Great Northern Airlines |
Registration: | N403GN |
MSN: | 1127 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Inigok Airport, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Umiat Airport, AK (UMT/PAUM) |
Destination airport: | Inigok Airport, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Touchdown short of the runway; the left gear and wing failed.
The airplane operated on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Lonely Dew Station in northern Alaska. En route stops were planned at Umiat and Inigok.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
copilot - misjudged distance and altitude
copilot - failed to initiate go-around
FACTOR(S)
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC79FA029 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB File # 1-0019
Location
Images:
photo (c) Brian Maddison
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