| Date: | Tuesday 10 July 1973 |
| Time: | 09:58 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Fairbanks Air Service |
| Registration: | N1312V |
| MSN: | 22575 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beluga Airport, AK (BVU) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) |
| Beluga Airport, AK (BVU/PABG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed 152 feet short of the runway when the main gear struck a bank, which was located 18 inches below the runway level. The pilot tried to go around but the left engine quit. The C-46 crash-landed.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - misjudged distance and altitude
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
weather - downdraft,updrafts
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI); May 1973
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