Incident Overview
Date: Monday 17 April 1967
Aircraft Type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
Owner/operator: Alaska Airlines
Registration Number: N7777C
Location: Kotzebue Airport, AK (OTZ) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Component Affected: Landing gearLanding gear
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
Heavy snowfall and poor visibility conditions led to a landing failure. The pilot?s failure to extend the landing gear resulted in the aircraft belly landing.Heavy snowfall and poor visibility conditions led to a landing failure. The pilot?s failure to extend the landing gear resulted in the aircraft belly landing.
Description
The aircraft belly landed because the crew had failed to select the gear down. Weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident due to heavy snowfall. PROBABLEÿCAUSE: pilotÿinÿcommandÿ-ÿfailedÿtoÿextendÿlandingÿgear FACTORS: miscellaneousÿacts, conditionsÿ-ÿchecklist-failedÿtoÿuse miscellaneousÿacts, conditionsÿ-ÿwhiteout weatherÿ-ÿlowÿceiling weatherÿ-ÿsnow weatherÿ-ÿicingÿconditions-includesÿsleet, freezingÿrain,etc. miscellaneousÿacts, conditionsÿ-ÿice-windshield
Primary Cause
Pilot in command failed to extend landing gear.Pilot in command failed to extend landing gear.Share on:
