- Date
- October 30, 1974
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N102AKLockheed 382B
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0519 74/10/30 NR.BETTLES,AK LOCKHEED 382B CR- 4 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1136 N102AK PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D 35, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK DIETRICH PASS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FATIGUE-FASTENER HOLES IN LWR HAT SECT,SKIN PANELS,NR3 ENG COMPRESSOR DIFFUSER CASE-R WING SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102AK
- Reported as
- Lockheed 382B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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