ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331144
| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 1970 |
| Time: | 03:40 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | North Slope Supply Comp |
| Registration: | N174W |
| MSN: | 4636 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI/PAFA) |
| Barrow-Point Barrow Airport, AK (PBA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Constellation undershot the runway on landing and collided with a snow bank. This caused the left main gear to collapse and the left wing and tail to fail.
Weather was poor: blowing snow and poor visibility.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude
terrain - snow-covered
FACTOR(S)
weather - snow
airports/airways/facilities - airport conditions: snow on runway
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB File 3-1076
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