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| Title: | Controlled Flight into Terrain, World Airways, Inc., DC-8-63F, N802WA, King Cove, Alaska, September 8, 1973 |
| Micro summary: | This DC-8-63F flew into mountainous terrain. |
| Event Time: | 1973-09-08 at 0542 ADT |
| File Name: | 1973-09-08-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-74-6 |
| Pages: | 31 |
| Site of event: | East slope, Mt Dutton, 3500', 10.5 mi east of King Cove, AK |
| Latitude/Longitude: | N55°03'57" W162°14'30" (est) |
| Departure: | Travis Air Force Base, California, USA |
| Destination: | Cold Bay Airport, Cold Bay, Alaaska, USA |
| Airplane Type(s): | Douglas DC-8-63F |
| Flight Phase: | Approach |
| Registration(s): | N802WA |
| Operator(s): | World Airways |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 6 |
| Fatalities: | 6 |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 0 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | About 0542 Alaska daylight time on September 8, 1973, World Airways, Inc., Flight 802, a DC-8-63F, (N802WA), 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 approach 125 miles east of the Cold Bay Airport. The last recorded transmission from the flight to the ColdBay flight service station was that it was leaving 31,000 feet. The aircraft crashed at the 3,500-foot level of Mt. Dutton, about 15.5 miles east of the airport. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the captain's deviation from approved instrument approach procedures. As a result of the deviation, the flight descended into an area of-unreliable navigation signals and obstructing terrain. As a result of this accident, the Safety Board has made recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Crew Resource Management |
| Operations - Controlled Flight Into Terrain | |
| Consequence - Hull Loss |
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