Alaskan Crash

[dwade]

Anybody know much about the cargo plane down in central Alaska?

[Airbubba]

Usual confusion in initial news reports:

FAA officials have stated that a plane crashed near Denali National Park in Alaska.

Little is known at this time about the Sunday crash as its just happened but its said to be near the entrance of the park, which is around 180 miles north of Anchorage.

The plane is believed to be a single-engine aircraft and the crash caused a large fire at the site, but its unknown if there are survivors.


Plane crash in Alaska - Breaking News Just In - (http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6437358-plane-crash-in-alaska-breaking-news-just-in)

A large cargo-type plane crashed in Alaska on Sunday and burst into a deadly fireball that sparked a forest fire at Denali National Park, officials said.

Park spokeswoman Kris Fister said there are fatalities, but it's unclear how many because "the plane pretty much disintegrated."

The fire is challenging responders, who don't know who owns the multiengine aircraft, which went down near the park's northern border at 3:15 p.m.

Plane Crashes In Denali National Park In Alaska : NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128920677)

[akerosid]

Authorities investigating fiery plane crash at Alaska park - CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/01/alaska.plane.crash/index.html?hpt=P1#fbid=ceWjJcTU6eG)

Acft said to be a C-123 (Fairchild C-123 Provider); however, this is a twin engined aircraft, whereas some reports mention a four engined aircraft:

Fairchild C-123 Provider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider)

[protectthehornet]

aren't some versions of the C123 provider equipped with two auxillary jet engines mounted in pods under the wings? thus becoming a four engine plane

granted this is a bit we3ak

[Airbubba]

aren't some versions of the C123 provider equipped with two auxillary jet engines mounted in pods under the wings? thus becoming a four engine plane

Yep, the C-123K's had J85 'defuelers' outboard of the the props.

[Safe-T]

Airplane now confirmed to have been a C-123 of All West Freight.

ASN Aircraft accident 01-AUG-2010 Fairchild C-123 Provider (http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=76013)
National Park Service identifies aircraft: Aviation News | adn.com (http://www.adn.com/2010/08/01/1391347/national-park-service-identifies.html)

[Perrin]

When you see all the crews not happy because the teas got too much sugar or they think they are under paid remember the guys that are out there flying old planes trying to earn a living. God bless them and their families.:sad:

[robbreid]

Old Wings - Con Air C-123 Providers (http://www.oldwings.nl/content/con_air/con_air.htm)

[SassyPilotsWife]

Perrin, that is probably one of if not the best post I have seen on here. Everytime I hear about these tragic events I literally get sick to my stomach and think about that wife and family members getting that phone call. Reading this story on AOL.com this morning and seeing the horrible comments that followed such as " shouldn't of been flying that piece of crap" anyway showed no regard to the fact that alot of guys/gals take those jobs to stay employed. Furloughs caused my better half to change equipment as well as us moving 8500 miles away but it is what it is.. the mortgage is paid.