# Accident 20010123039689A: Doug DC3CS1C3G, Unalaska, AK, January 23, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2001, 21:35 local time
- Place: Unalaska, AK
- Airport: Unalaska
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GX7C
- Location: 53.9600° N, 166.6214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.9600&lon=-166.6214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19454, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19454-2012-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3C-S1C3G (registry code 3021458, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3c-s1c3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3CS1C3G
- Reported engine: PWA R1830*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010123039689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 2001 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DUT RUNWAY 30, ABOUT 2130 AST. NIGHT VFR CONDITIONS REPORTED. A/C COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN (EIDER POINT) AT THE 1500 FT LEVEL, ABOUT 4.5 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY, ON A 309 DEGREE BEARING FROM THE AIRPORT. IMPACT AND POST ACCIDENT FIRE LEFT ONLY THE TAIL AND PARTS OF THE WINGS VISIBLE. WX CONDITIONS PREVENTED GETTING TO ACCIDENT SCENE UNTIL JANUARY 26. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LOADED WITH ABOUT 2500 LBS OF COD MELT AND FUELED WITH 460 GALLONS OF AVGAS AT ABOUT 2030 HOURS. (AWOS) REPORTED ON JANUARY 23, 2001 AT 2315 HOURS FOR UNALASKA IN PART: WIND, 210 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 8 STATUTE MILES; CLOUDS AND SKY CONDITION; FEW AT 200 FT, 1800 FT BROKEN, 4100 FOOT OVERCAST; TEMPERATURE, 36 DEGREES F; DEW POINT, 28 DEGREES F, ALTIMETER 28.83 IN HG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC01FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01FA033), Jan 24, 2001: Douglas DC-3 (N19454), Unalaska, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane flightcrew's failure to maintain adequate distance/altitude from mountainous terrain during a departure climb to cruise flight, and the captain's impairment from drugs. Factors in the…

## Other reports on N19454 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000912027399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000912027399I), Sep 12, 2000: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N19454), Yakutat, AK. (-23) Experienced loss of oil press and rise in oil engine. Precautionary shutdown was made. Uneventful landing in Yakutat, alasla.
- [Incident 19860505025049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860505025049I), May 5, 1986: Doug DC3CS1C3G (N19454), Syracuse, NY. Oil pressure dropped with high oil temperature. Engine shutdown and returned. Metal found in oil screen.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.