| Date: | Tuesday 24 December 1968 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Interior Airways |
| Registration: | N760AL |
| MSN: | 4229 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Prudhoe Bay, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Prudhoe Bay Airport, AK (PUO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At 200 feet on finals sight of the runway was lost due to blowing snow. A go around was initiated, but the aircraft crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions and delayed in initiating go around.; 2) Weather conditions - down/up drafts."
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