| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1981 |
| Time: | 16:17 |
| Type: |  Convair C-131E (CV-440) |
| Owner/operator: | Command Aviation |
| Registration: | N121CA |
| MSN: | 342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dillingham Municipal Airport, AK (DLG) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Dillingham Municipal Airport, AK (DLG/PADL) |
| Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew had to return to the airport due to a no. 2 engine failure. The prop was feathered and a circuit was flown with flaps and gear down.
The aircraft overshot the turn to final approach, porpoised three times and struck trees, 0,5 miles short of runway 01.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
powerplant - exhaust system: stacks
miscellaneous acts,conditions - material failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - leak/leakage
powerplant - powerplant-instruments: power indicators
powerplant - propeller and accessories: governors
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overheated
miscellaneous acts,conditions - erratic
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
miscellaneous acts,conditions - improper emergency procedures
partial power loss - partial loss of power - 1 engine
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; December 1979
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