# NTSB DCA76AZ024: Boeing 727, N124AS, Ketchikan, AK, April 5, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 5, 1976
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 11 serious, 23 minor, 15 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 2, 1977
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA76AZ024
- Board report AAR7620 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7620.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA76AZ024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0003   76/4/5    KETCHIKAN,AK        BOEING 727          CR-  0  5  2  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0819                    N124AS              PX-  1  6 36                            55, 19813 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            2140 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN INTL
        OPERATOR - ALASKA AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          JUNEAU,AK                   SEATTLE,WA                   KETCHIKAN,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - SNOW
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          FOG                                                      LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          350                                                       6
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INITIATED G/A WITH INSUFF RWY RMNG,THEN ABORTED.ABANDONED ILS APCH WHEN ISLAND IN SIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N124AS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124AS-1981-06-19), registration cancelled 1981-06-19, S/N 18821, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-81](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-81) (registry code 1384025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Ketchikan Intl

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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