Last updated: 8 March 2021
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Friday 8 October 1993 |
| Time: | 17:35 ADT |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-15-DO (DC-4) |
| Operator: | Brooks Air Fuel |
| Registration: | N811E |
| C/n / msn: | 36080 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 28585 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-4 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK (PIZ) ( 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 |
| Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK (PIZ/PPIZ), United States of America |
When landing on the 3500 feet runway, braking action was nil due to ice on the runway. The captain steered the DC-4 to a dry patch on the left side of the runway. The aircraft veered left when entering the dry patch and ran off the runway. Minimum landing distance on a dry hard runway surface is 4500 feet.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to perform proper pre-flight planning by not computing the required landing runway length."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» NTSB» Scramble 177
Photos
accident date: 08-10-1993
type: Douglas C-54G (DC-4)
registration: N811E
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 Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK as the crow flies is 839 km (525 miles).
Distance from Fairbanks International Airport, AK to Point Lay-Dew Station Airport, AK as the crow flies is 839 km (525 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.
