Date: | Saturday 30 August 1975 |
Time: | 13:57 |
Type: | Fairchild F-27B |
Owner/operator: | Wien Air Alaska |
Registration: | N4904 |
MSN: | 21 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2397 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 514-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 32 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 km E of Gambell Airport, AK (GAM) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nome Airport, AK (OME/PAOM) |
Destination airport: | Gambell Airport, AK (GAM/PAGM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 99 crashed into a mountain and overturned while attempting to land at Gambell runway 15. A fire started in the left engine but spread only slowly to the passenger cabin.
Weather was poor with low ceilings and a visibility of 400 m at some places.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's failure to adhere to prescribed company instrument approach procedures while attempting to land in adverse weather conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA76AZ004 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Aviation News 03 October 1975
Flight International 17 April 76 (998)
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Gambell, AK; 30 August 1975; (publicdomain)
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