# Incident 20090118024979I: Douglas DC-6-C118A, Atqasuk, AK, January 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2009, 11:50 local time
- Place: Atqasuk, AK
- Airport: Edward Burnell Sr Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FXGA
- Location: 70.4692° N, 157.3994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atqasuk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.4692&lon=-157.3994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888DG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888DG-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C-118A (registry code 3021710, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c-118a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6-C118A
- Reported engine: PRATT & WHITNEY R2800
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 6,520 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090118024979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HAVING RUNWAY 24 IN SIGHT APPROXIMATELY 1.2-1.5 MILES OUT WITH FLAT LIGHT, BLOWING SNOW, AND A 30 KNOT CROSSWIND FROM 230.  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS SURE HE WAS LINED UP WITH THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE; MADE AN UNEVENTFUL TOUCHDOWN AND CALLED FOR REVERSE THRUST FROM THE FLIGHT ENGINEER. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD THE ENGINEER TO COME OUT OF REVERSE AND APPLIED POWER TO ENGINES #3 AND 4 AS HE REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS IN A SNOW DRIFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED POWER TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARD THE CENTER LINE WITH OUT RESULT,  THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. ENGINE #4 PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, THE LEFT WING STILL BLOCKING THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N888DG (1)

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

- [Incident 19860227016269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860227016269I), Feb 27, 1986: Doug C118A (N888DG), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Engine shut down after sparkplugs shorted on a cylinder. Fire in right accessory section. Safe emergency landing.

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.

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