# NTSB UNK62X0100: Canadair CL-44D, N602SA, Wake Island, WQ, April 14, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 14, 1962
- Place: Wake Island, WQ · Wake Island, Wake Island
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 20, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK62X0100
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK62X0100

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0068  62/4/14    WAKE ISLAND         CANADAIR CL-44D     CR-  0  0  4  MIL CONTRACT CARGO INTL   ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0454                    N602SA              PX-  0  0  2                            51, 17678 TOTAL HOURS, 78
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAKE ISLAND
        OPERATOR - SLICK AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          HONOLULU,HAWAII             CLARK AFB,PI                 WAKE ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- HIT 28 FT LTD POLE 1463 FT FROM RWY. CONT TO SAFE LDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N602SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL-44D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wake Island

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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