Fairchild F27 crash, Dec 2, 1968 (39 killed), Pedro Bay A...
Fairchild F27 accident on December 2, 1968 near Pedro Bay Alaska, United States with 39 fatalities. Cause: In flight structural failure in severe to...
- Date: December 2, 1968
- Aircraft: Fairchild F27
- Location: Pedro Bay Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 39
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: In flight structural failure in severe to extreme turbulence that was not forecast, starting in a right wing area weakened by pre existing fatigue cracks.
A Wien Consolidated Airlines Fairchild F27B operating scheduled flight 55 from Anchorage to Dillingham, Alaska, broke up in flight and crashed at Pedro Bay on 2 December 1968. All 36 passengers and three crew members were killed. The NTSB found that the failure began in a right wing area weakened by pre existing fatigue cracks, in severe to extreme turbulence that was not forecast.