Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Emmonak Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Emmonak, Alaska 99581
Monday, February 24, 2014 16:42 AKS
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On February 24, 2014, about 1642 Alaska standard time, the crew of an Everts Air Cargo C-118A airplane, registration number N351CE, discovered a crack about 18 inches long in the left wing lower skin during post-flight inspection after landing at Emmonak Airport (ENM), Emmonak, Alaska. The crack was located near wing station 176 inside the number 2 engine nacelle and extended from the forward edge of the skin panel at the forward spar aft past stringer 19. A temporary repair was installed and the airplane was ferried to Fairbanks for permanent repair. The airplane was registered to Tatonduk Outfitters, Ltd., dba Everts Air Cargo, and operated as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 Supplemental non-scheduled domestic cargo flight. The flight originated from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Anchorage, Alaska, about 1450 Alaska standard time.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 2/24/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1642 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | Emmonak |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99581 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 624729N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1643015W |
| Event Location Airport | EMMONAK |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ENM |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 13 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1616 AKS |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 137 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PAEM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 14 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | AKS |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 5500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -1 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -7 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 110 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 16 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 20 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.75 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Federal Aviation Administratio |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 3 2014 12:20PM |
| User who most recently changed record | croc |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N351CE |
| NTSB Number | ENG14IA016 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | DOUGLAS |
| Aircraft Model | C 118A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 44599 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 100000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 3 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | 2 |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 4 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 20 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 36900 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | C91-A |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TATONDUK OUTFITTERS LIMITED DBA |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO BOX 61680 |
| Aircraft Owner City | FAIRBANKS |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 997061680 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | TATONDUK OUTFITTERS LTD |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | FXGA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | FXGA030A |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ANC |
| Departure City | ANCHORAGE |
| Departure State | AK |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1450 |
| Departure Time Zone | AKS |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | ENM |
| Destination City | Emmonak |
| Destination State | AK |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 3 2014 12:19PM |
| User who most recently changed record | croc |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |