Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair crash, May 30, 2007, Nixo...
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair accident on May 30, 2007 near Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot misjudged...
- Date: May 30, 2007
- Aircraft: Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
- Location: Nixon Fork Mine, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot misjudged height and distance during the landing flare, so the aircraft undershot the threshold. The raised cockpit of the modified airframe made the aircraft appear lower than the pilot perceived.
A modified DC-4 (Carvair) flying a nonscheduled cargo flight to a remote mining airstrip undershot the runway during a visual approach. The right main gear struck the runway lip and tore off, and the right wing separated and burned before the fuselage slid and rolled. Both crew survived with minor injuries.