ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328601
Date: | Friday 25 May 1979 |
Time: | 20:40 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
Owner/operator: | Sea Airmotive |
Registration: | N581PA |
MSN: | 253 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bullen Point Air Force Station, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bullen Point Air Force Station, AK (PABU) |
Destination airport: | Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip, AK (DQH/PALP) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DHC-4 Caribou cargo plane was configured for a STOL departure. During a crosswind turn after takeoff, the crew lost control and crashed in an extreme nose-down attitude. The aircraft came down 1300 feet from the end of the runway and 500 feet left of the extended centerline.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - cargo shifted
FACTOR:
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: inadequate ground training-procedures
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC79AA053 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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