ANC65I0041

NTSB incident investigation · Canadair CL-44D · Shemya, AK · March 6, 1965

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 6, 1965
Place
Shemya, AK · SHEMYA, AK
Injuries
157 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N451TCanadair CL-44D
Status
Completed · report June 1, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
178588

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0010   65/3/6    SHEMYA ALAS         CANADAIR CL-44D     CR-  0  0  9  MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL   AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0418                    N451T               PX-  0  0148                            42, 17655 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHEMYA AFS
        OPERATOR - FLYING TIGER LINE,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: GO-AROUND
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  LOW ON FUEL

Aircraft

Registration
N451T
Reported as
Canadair CL-44D
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Shemya Afs

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.