- Date
- March 3, 1992, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Selawik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N151Douglas DC-6B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920303005009A
- Case key
- 5696
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate pre flight planning and disregarding the aircraft performance data. Contributing factors were the extreme outside air temperatures, the icy runway, and the tailwind.
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 heavily loaded fuel tanker landed with an approximate 3 knot tailwind, over ran the departure end of the runway, and came to a stop on a frozen river. The last two thirds of the 3,150 ft long gravel runway was covered with ice. The crew stated that the propellers either failed to go into reverse, or were slow in reversing, to assist in stopping. Examination revealed that all propeller blades were in the reversed position. Outside air temperature was minus 30 to minus 35 degrees f. the airplane performance chart used to calculate the landing distance was for 'concrete runways'. Stopping distance was not predicated on the use of reverse propeller thrust. Post accident calculations, using the same chart, found the estimated landing distance needed for the accident flight to be 100 to 200 ft more than the length of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 45174
- Airframe hours
- 33,232
- Engine
- P&W R2800, 2,400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 125
- Operator
- Everts, Cliff, doing business as Everts Air Fuel, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Everts, Cliff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 11, 1992 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- WLK · Selawik, runway 27, 3,150 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 5,600 in this make and model · 5,430 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -35 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.