55.1858° N, 162.7211° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Cold Bay, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 16, 1978 · 17:30 local
Place
Cold Bay, AK
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N171RV
Reported as
Nihon YS11A600
People aboard
34
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Due to power outage fuel was put aboard by truck which ahd contaminated fuel.
As the FAA filed it
DUE TO POWER OUTAGE FUEL WAS PUT ABOARD BY TRUCK WHICH AHD CONTAMINATED FUEL.