- Date
- May 21, 1983, 11:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1822MCurtiss-Wright C-46F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830521025299A
- Case key
- 4025
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The coplt reported that the acft had been in level cruise flt aprx 1 min when they felt a vibration, followed by a loud bang. The aircrew saw fire & smoke coming from the left eng, so they shut down the eng & feathered the propeller. The plt also activated the fire wall cutoff sys & the fire extinguisher, which he said, extinguished the fire. The aircrew diverted back to the departure airport, but when they tried to extend the gear, the left main failed to extend & the right main only partially extended. The right main could not be retracted, so the acft was landed with the gear in that position. After a crash landing, air force crash/rescue personnel extinguished an on-going fire in the left eng. An investigation revealed that the #8 cylinder, pn 113149, had failed. Subsequently; fire had burnt the hydraulic operated cowl flaps & hydraulic fluid was pumped overboard. The manual/hydraulically operated gear uplocks on the right main gear operated, but hydraulic fluid in the reservoir became depleted.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1822M
- Reported as
- Curtiss-Wright C-46F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22521
- Airframe hours
- 24,875
- Engine
- P&W R-2800-S1M1, 2,250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 125
- Registered owner
- Woods Air Fuel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 14, 1983 · 99 hours before
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 11, 8,500 × 150 ft, macadam
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,200 total · 5,300 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1822M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.