- Date
- November 20, 1984, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39174Embraer EMB-110
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841120062579A
- Case key
- 4448
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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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.
Analysis
The acft sustained substantial damage when the landing gear collapsed during landing. Tests conducted by the acft operator and acft manufacturer failed to provide any reason for the gear collapse. Both plts stated the gear was down and locked upon touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39174
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 110-415
- Airframe hours
- 2,304
- Engine
- P&W PT6-34A, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Arctic Circle Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Arctic Circle Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 19, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- TAL · Tanana, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,172 total · 772 in this make and model · 5,050 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.