| 词条 | Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 |
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|name = Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 |occurrence_type = Accident |image = Fokker F27 Friendship.jpg |caption = A Fokker F27 similar to the accident aircraft |date = 2 December 1968 9:36 am AKST |type = Structural failure |site = Pedro Bay, Alaska, U.S. |coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|59.771|N|154.141|W|display=inline,title}}}} |aircraft_name = |operator = Wien Consolidated Airlines |aircraft_type = Fairchild F-27B |tail_number = N4905 |origin = Anchorage, Alaska |stopover = |stopover0 = Iliamna, Alaska |stopover1 = Big Mountain, Alaska |stopover2 = King Salmon, Alaska |stopover3 = |last_stopover = |destination = Dillingham, Alaska |passengers = 36 |crew = 3 |injuries = 0 |fatalities = 39 |survivors = 0 }}{{Location map |USA Alaska |relief = 1 |label = San Pedro Bay |position = left ||lat = 59.771 |long = -154.141 |caption = Location in Alaska |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }}Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Alaska that crashed into Pedro Bay on 2 December 1968, killing all 39 on board.[1][2] The Fairchild F-27B aircraft was operated by Wien Consolidated Airlines and was en route to Dillingham from Anchorage, with three intermediate stops. The NTSB investigation revealed that the aircraft suffered a structural failure after encountering "severe-to-extreme" air turbulence.[3] The accident was the second-worst accident involving a Fairchild F-27 at the time, and currently the third-worst accident involving the aircraft.[1] FlightFlight 55 was served by a Fairchild F-27B, a twin-engine propjet aircraft[5] that had been in service since 1959.[1] The aircraft was piloted by Captain David Stanley, who had been a pilot for Northern Consolidated Airlines for seven years before that airline was merged into Wien Consolidated Airlines. Prior to that, he had been a flight instructor in Anchorage, and was described as an excellent pilot.[5] Flight 55 departed Anchorage International Airport on Monday, 2 December, at 8:46 am AKST, and proceeded {{convert|150|mi}} southwest to Iliamna without reported difficulties. At 9:25 am, first officer Jerry Svengard contacted Iliamna air traffic control to request an approach clearance, which was granted at 9:26 am.[3] This was the last outside contact made with the crew of Flight 55. CrashWhile preparing to approach Iliamna, the aircraft encountered extreme turbulence at {{convert|11500|ft}}. Local witnesses reported hearing an explosion and seeing a fireball in the vicinity of the aircraft's tail before it descended in a steep, uncontrolled spiral towards the ground.[5] Other witnesses reported large quantities of black smoke from behind the wing of the aircraft, and that the plane continued on course for a short period of time, before pieces separated from the aircraft and it entered a dive.[3] The aircraft crashed into Foxys Lake, Pedro Bay,[4] an area described as being a frozen marshland surrounded by mountains.[5] Heavy winds gusting up to {{convert|55|mph|round=5}}, as well as low temperatures of {{convert|-11|F}}, hampered search, rescue, recovery, and investigation efforts.[5] An Air Force helicopter was able to reach the crash site that afternoon, but was forced by the wind to take off shortly thereafter. The pilot, Major Norman Kahmoot, reported that there were no survivors, and that the aircraft had been so disfigured by the crash that it was no longer recognizable.[5] Bodies had been scattered across a large area, and local Athabascan villagers volunteered to guard the remains from wolves until they could be collected and taken to the temporary morgue.[5] The NTSB investigation lasted 19 months,[1] and it was discovered that a number of fatigue cracks had formed on the aircraft's wings due to improper and shoddy maintenance. The area over Pedro Bay had been the site of extreme, unreported turbulence, with winds in excess of {{convert|50|kn}}.[3] The stresses due to turbulence and air pressure caused a structural failure in the aircraft's right wing, forcing it into a spiraling, uncontrollable dive.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{ASN accident|id = 19681202-0|type = Accident|accessdate = 2 September 2009}} {{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1968|State=collapsed}}2. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g7FhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4106%2C1507685 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=39 die in Alaskan crash |date=December 3, 1968 |page=1}} 3. ^1 2 3 National Transportation Safety Board (1970). "Aircraft Accident Report: Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc.; Fairchild F-27B, N4905; Pedro Bay, Alaska; December 2, 1968". Retrieved 2 September 2009. 4. ^{{cite book |title= Flight 427: Anatomy of an Air Disaster |last= Byrne|first= Gerry|authorlink= |author2= |year= 2002|publisher= Copernicus Books|location=New York |isbn= 0-387-95256-X|page= 41 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fo5vMmx9eNEC|accessdate=3 September 2009}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author2= |title=Spotsy Lake, AK Airliner Crashes into Frozen Lake |url= http://www3.gendisasters.com/alaska/5516/spotsy-lake-ak-airliner-crashes-frozen-lake-dec-1968|newspaper= Daily Sitka Sentinel Alaska|publisher= |date= 3 December 1968|accessdate=3 September 2009}} 8 : Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1968|Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure|Airliner accidents and incidents in Alaska|Accidents and incidents involving the Fairchild F-27|Wien Air Alaska accidents and incidents|Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska|1968 in Alaska|December 1968 events |
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