About 0542 Alaska daylight time on September 8, 1973, World Airways, Inc., Flight 802, a DC-8-63F, crashed into Mt. Dutton, near King Cove, Alaska. The six occupants--three crewmembers and three nonrevenue company employees--were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. Flight 802 was a Military Airlift Command contract cargo flight from Travis AFB, California, to Clark AFB, Philippine Republic, with intermediate stops at Cold Bay, Alaska, and Yokota AFB, Japan. It was cleared for an approach 125 miles east of the Cold Bay Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the captain's deviation from approved instrument approach procedures.


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    Titel :

    Aircraft Accident Report. World Airways, Inc. DC-8-63F, N802WA, King Cove, Alaska, September 8, 1973


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1974


    Format / Umfang :

    34 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch