Narrative:
The heavily loaded fuel tanker landed with an approximate 3 knot tailwind. After touchdown the propellers either failed to go into reverse, or were slow in reversing. The aircraft overran the 3150 feet long gravel runway and came to rest on a frozen river with the undercarriage collapsed.
Outside air temperature was minus 30 to minus 35 degrees F.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's inadequate pre flight planning and disregarding the aircraft performance data. Contributing factors were the extreme outside air temperatures, the icy runway, and the tailwind."
» NTSB
» Scramble 154
accident date: 03-03-1992
type: Douglas DC-6BF
registration: N151
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 3 March 1992 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6BF |
| Operator: | Everts Air Fuel |
| Registration: | N151 |
| MSN: | 45174/800 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 33232 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Selawik Airport, AK (WLK) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA), United States of America |
| Selawik Airport, AK (WLK/PASK), United States of America |
The heavily loaded fuel tanker landed with an approximate 3 knot tailwind. After touchdown the propellers either failed to go into reverse, or were slow in reversing. The aircraft overran the 3150 feet long gravel runway and came to rest on a frozen river with the undercarriage collapsed.
Outside air temperature was minus 30 to minus 35 degrees F.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's inadequate pre flight planning and disregarding the aircraft performance data. Contributing factors were the extreme outside air temperatures, the icy runway, and the tailwind."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#73)» NTSB
» Scramble 154
Photos
accident date: 03-03-1992
type: Douglas DC-6BF
registration: N151
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Selawik Airport, AK as the crow flies is 584 km (365 miles).
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Selawik Airport, AK as the crow flies is 584 km (365 miles).
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.
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