Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 24 December 1968
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-100 Hercules
Owner/operator: Interior Airways
Registration Number: N760AL
Location: Prudhoe Bay, AK –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft Flight Control SystemAircraft Flight Control System
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
An aircraft crashed due to conditions deteriorating rapidly during a go-around, resulting from pilot error and adverse weather conditions.An aircraft crashed due to conditions deteriorating rapidly during a go-around, resulting from pilot error and adverse weather conditions.
Description
At 200 feet on finals sight of the runway was lost due to blowing snow. A go around was initiated, but the aircraft crashed. PROBABLE CAUSE: “1) Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions and delayed in initiating go around.; 2) Weather conditions – down/up drafts.”
Primary Cause
Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions and delayed in initiating go around.Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions and delayed in initiating go around.Share on:
