- Date
- October 22, 1962
- Place
- Sitka Sound, AK · SITKA SOUND, AK
- Injuries
- 102 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N285Douglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127918
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0030 62/10/22 SITKA SOUND,ALAS DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 0 0 7 MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1252 N285 PX- 0 0 95 48, 15772 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1579 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - NORTHWEST AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCHORD AFBASE,WASH ELMENDORF AFB,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- UNCONTROLLABLE OVERSPEED OF PROP DUE FAILURE IN BLOWER SECTION OF NR 2 ENG.DITCHED NEAR BIORKA ISL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N285
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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