Date:	Tuesday 3 March 1992
Time:	18:20
Type:	Douglas DC-6BF
Owner/operator:	Everts Air Fuel
Registration:	N151
MSN:	45174/800
Year of manufacture:	1957
Total airframe hrs:	33232 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Selawik Airport, AK (WLK) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA)
Destination airport:	Selawik Airport, AK (WLK/PASK)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The heavily loaded fuel tanker landed with an approximate 3 knot tailwind. After touchdown the propellers either failed to go into reverse, or were slow in reversing. The aircraft overran the 3150 feet long gravel runway and came to rest on a frozen river with the undercarriage collapsed.
Outside air temperature was minus 30 to minus 35 degrees F.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's inadequate pre flight planning and disregarding the aircraft performance data. Contributing factors were the extreme outside air temperatures, the icy runway, and the tailwind."

ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#73)
NTSB
Scramble 154

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI); June 1991

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