Lockheed 1049H N6911C
15 March 1962 · Adak, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 15 March 1962 at about 01:14 local time, a Lockheed 1049H registered N6911C, operated by Flying Tiger Line, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Adak, Alaska, United States. 7 people were on board and one died, 6 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:14
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Adak, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Adak Nas
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Lockheed 1049H
- Registration
- N6911C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Flying Tiger Line, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Travis Afb, Calif → Kadena Afb, Okinawa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0036
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
STRUCK ROCKS 328 FT SHORT OF RWY. PLT REPEATEDLYWARNED BY GCA OF LOW POSITION ON GLIDE PATH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Lockheed 1049 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 1962 | Lockheed 1049H | Missing Aircraft, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | Flying Tiger Line, Inc. | Fatal | 107 |
| 14 Dec 1962 | Lockheed 1049H | No.hollywood, California, United States | Flying Tiger Line, Inc. | Fatal | 5 |
| 23 Sep 1962 | Lockheed 1049H | No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. | Flying Tiger Line, Inc. | Fatal | 28 |
| 28 May 1962 | Lockheed 1049 | New York, New York, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 28 May 1963 | Lockheed 1049G | Manhattan, Kansas, United States | Standard Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 1962 | Armstrong AW-650 | Rome, New York, United States | Capitol Airways | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1962 | Sud Avn SE 210 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1962 | Boeing 720 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1962 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46R | Miami, Florida, United States | Riddle Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 1962 | Boeing 720 | Albany, New York, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1962 | Boeing 720B | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |