Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 16 January 1965
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-82A Packet
Owner/operator: Interior Airways
Registration Number: N208M
Location: near Beaver, Yukon Flats, AK –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: EnginesEngines
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A C-82A Packet operated a ferry flight to Fairbanks, AK (FAI). The pilot lacked a weather briefing and experienced carburetor icing, resulting in loss of power on both engines. The aircraft landed in blowing snow conditions in a remote area of Alaska, approximately 100 miles north of Fairbanks.A C-82A Packet operated a ferry flight to Fairbanks, AK (FAI). The pilot lacked a weather briefing and experienced carburetor icing, resulting in loss of power on both engines. The aircraft landed in blowing snow conditions in a remote area of Alaska, approximately 100 miles north of Fairbanks.
Description
The C-82A Packet operated on a ferry flight to Fairbanks, AK (FAI). The pilot had received en route sky conditions, but did not receive a weather briefing. Carburettor icing en route caused a loss of power on both engines. The pilot made a forced landing in blowing snow conditions in a remote part of Alaska, some 100 miles North of Fairbanks. PROBABLE CAUSE: miscellaneous acts,conditions – anti-icing/deicing equipment-improper operation of/or failed to use miscellaneous acts,conditions – ice-carburetor FACTORS: miscellaneous acts,conditions – failure of two or more engines weather – conditions conducive to carb./induction system icing
Primary Cause
Miscellaneous acts, conditions – anti-icing/deicing equipment-improper operation of/or failed to use miscellaneous acts, conditions – ice-carburetorMiscellaneous acts, conditions – anti-icing/deicing equipment-improper operation of/or failed to use miscellaneous acts, conditions – ice-carburetorShare on:
