# NTSB ANC87LA069: Fairchild C-119L, N8504X, Shageluk, AK, May 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1987, 19:00 local (May 14, 1987, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Shageluk, AK
- Coordinates: 62.640338, -159.529022 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.6403&lon=-159.5290&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4849/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA069

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTABILIZED BY A SLIGHT VERTICAL AIR MOVEMENT ON APPROACH. THE PILOT TOUCHED THE AIRPLANE DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY PROPER, COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE SLIDING OFF THE STRIP INTO ADJACENT TUNDRA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8504X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8504X-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 245, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD C-119L
- Registry model: [Fairchild C-119G](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-c-119g) (registry code 3372108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 245
- Airframe hours: 7982
- Engines: Curtis Wright R-3350-89B 3500 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Alaska Aircraft Leasing, doing business as Wick Construction Co.
- Registered owner: Northern Pacific Transport,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, April 22, 1987, 40 hours before
- Departed: ANC, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: SHX, SHAGELUK, AK
- Airport: SHX, Shageluk, runway 15, 2,500 × 35 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14,500 total, 36 in this make and model, 10,275 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870513015329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870513015329A), May 13, 1987: Frchld C119G3EHAWKN, Shageluk, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft encountered a downdraft on final and landed short of the runway. Landing gear collapsed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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