- Date
- October 13, 1967
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK · FAIRBANKS, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92853Curtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0032 67/10/13 FAIRBANKS,ALAS CURTISS-WRT C-46A CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1854 N92853 PX- 0 0 0 35, 10765 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5172 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRBANKS INTL OPERATOR - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LEFT GEAR DOWN LATCH LOCKING CYLINDER MALFUNCTIONED DUE BENT PISTON ROD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92853
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wrt C-46A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairbanks Intl
N92853Registration cancelled May 17, 2006 · Curtiss Wright C-46AAirframe modelCurtiss Wright C-46AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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