Boeing 737 N4907

31 January 1980 · Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 31 January 1980 at about 12:30 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N4907, operated by Wien Air Alaska, was involved in an incident during in flight near Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States. 110 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 January 1980 at 12:30
Classification: Incident
Location: Mt McKinley, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 737
Registration: N4907
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Wien Air Alaska
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Deadhorse, Ak → Anchorage, Ak
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0010

People

4 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
110	0	0	4	106

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

SIGMET ISSUED AFTER ACFT DEPD 1ST ARPT, NOT PASSED TO AIRCREW AT ENROUTE STOP.TURBC NR MT MCKINLEY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0010, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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