- Date
- December 2, 1968
- Place
- Pedro Bay, AK · PEDRO BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 39 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4905BFairchild F-27B
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 68/12/2 PEDRO BAY,ALAS FAIRCHILD F-27B CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0936 N4905B PX- 36 0 0 37, 10557 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WIEN CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,ALAS DILLINGHAM,ALAS KING SALMON,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR TO EXTRM UNFCST TURBC. R WING WKND INDETERMINATE DEG BY PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4905B
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed