- Date
- April 2, 1963
- Place
- Savoonga, AK · SAVOONGA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3791GDehavilland DHC-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 63/4/2 SAVOONGA,ALAS DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2500 TIME - 1730 N3791G PX- 0 0 1 TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVOONGA OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL TANKS CONTAMINATED WITH RUST,SAND,METAL PARTICLES.ACFT FUELED FROM 50 GAL DRUMS.HIT ICE BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3791G
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savoonga