Boeing 737-2X6C N674MA

Summary

On 25 September 1985 at about 21:33 local time, a Boeing 737-2X6C registered N674MA was involved in an accident near Unalaska, Alaska, United States. 21 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 September 1985 at 21:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Unalaska, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Unalaska (DUT)

Coordinates

53.9001, -166.4001

Aircraft

Boeing 737-2X6C

Registration

N674MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC85MA183

1 person had minor injuries.

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

ACFT WAS DISPATCHED TO RSTRCTD ARPT WITH A 3900' RWY & NOTAMED: 3' STNDG WTR ON NORTH END OF RWY. SIGMET WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOD TO SVR TURBC BLO 10,000' DUE TO STRONG LOW LVL WND & ASSOC WNDSHEAR. CAPT MADE A SHALLOW OVRWTR APCH TO RWY 12, WHICH HAD A NR VERT 70' BLUFF SKIRTING ITS L EDGE, APRX 106' FM RWY CENTERLINE. ON FINAL APCH, CAPT NOTED VARIABLE WND CONDS & SUDDEN 15 KT INCREASE IN IAS DUE TO WNDSHEAR. HE CONTD APCH, BUT ACFT SETTLED & TOUCHED DWN 72' SHORT OF RWY. L MAIN GEAR HIT A LOG (WASHED ONTO SHORE) & LARGE ROCK, THEN COLLAPSED AFTER ACFT BOUNCED & LNDD ON RWY. UNPREDICTABLE WNDS & DWNDFTS WERE RPRTDLY PREVALENT AT THIS ARPT. OFFICIAL 1349 ADT WND WAS FM 160 DEG AT 8 KTS, BUT AT APCH END OF RWY, WND WAS RPRTD COMING OVR BLUFF & WAS GUSTY. FAA HAD GRANTED MARKAIR EXEMPTION TO OPR AT UNALASKA W/O OVRRUN/SAFETY AREAS. NO VASI AT APCH END OF RWY 12. OWNER (STATE OF ALASKA) DELAYED IMPROVEMENTS DUE TO FUNDING PRBLMS. CAPT'S 10TH LNDG AT UNALASKA; HAD NO SUNGLASSES; BLINDED BY SUNGLARE OFF WTR. REQD DRY LNDG FIELD LENGTH WAS COMPUTED TO BE 3700'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.