ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329799
| Date: | Sunday 27 October 1974 |
| Time: | 23:36 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska International Air |
| Registration: | N102AK |
| MSN: | 4234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Old Man's Camp, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Bettles Airport, AK (BTT/PABT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft took off from Fairbanks at 21:08 for an IFR flight to Bettles, then proceeding visually to the Detrich camp.
The aircraft was seen descending for Bettles when it suddenly made a 360deg roll, with parts of the wing fluttering to the ground. The remainder spiralled down until it struck the ground. The right wing had failed near Station 183 (near the no. 3 engine) in moderate turbulence.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
personnel - maintenance,servicing,inspection: inadequate maintenance and inspection
powerplant - engine structure: other
airframe - wings: other
miscellaneous acts,conditions - fatigue fracture
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - separation in flight
Sources:
NTSB
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