- Date
- September 8, 1973
- Place
- King Cove, AK · KING COVE, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N802WADouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1974
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79691
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 73/9/8 NR.KING COVE,ALAS DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 3 0 0 MIL CONTRACT CARGO INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0442 N802WA PX- 3 0 0 52, 22913 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1969 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TRAVIS AFB,CALIF CLARK AFB,RP YOKOTA AFB,JAPAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 24 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNDD BLO MSA IN MTN TRRN.HIT MT 3500FT LVL,15.5MI E OF ARPT.MIL WX BRFG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802WA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
N802WARegistration cancelled May 6, 1975 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63CFAirframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF
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.