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| Title: | Runway Collision, Korean Air Lines, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, HL7339, Southcentral Air Piper PA-31-350, N35206, Anchorage, Alaska, December 23, 1983 |
| Micro summary: | This DC-10 collided with a Piper PA-31-350 head-on on runway 6L. |
| Event Time: | 1983-12-23 at 1406 Yukon standard time |
| File Name: | 1983-12-23-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-84-10 |
| Pages: | 36 |
| Site of event: | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport runway 6L |
| Latitude/Longitude: | N61°10'N W149°59' |
| First Airplane | Second Airplane | ||
| Departure: | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, USA | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, USA | |
| Destination: | Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA | Kenai Municipal Airport, Kenai, Alaska, USA | |
| Airplane Type(s): | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Piper PA-31-350 | |
| Flight Phase: | Takeoff | Taxi | |
| Registration(s): | HL-7339 | N35206 | |
| Operator(s): | Korean Air | Southcentral Air | |
| Type of flight: | Cargo | Revenue | |
| Occupants: | 3 | 9 | |
| Fatalities: | 0 | 0 | |
| Serious Injuries: | 0 | 6 | |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 3 | 3 | |
| Other Injuries: | 0 | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | At 1406 Yukon standard time, on December 23, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 084, a scheduled cargo flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Los Angeles, California, collided head-on with SouthCentral Air Flight 59, a scheduled commuter flight from Anchorage to Kenai, Alaska, on runway 6L-24R at Anchorage International Airport. Both flights had filed instrument flight rules flight plans, and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The SouthCentral Air Piper PA-31-350 was destroyed by the collision impact, and the Korean Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 was destroyed by impact and postimpact fire. Of the eight passengers aboard Flight 59, three were slightly injured. The pilot was not injured. The three crewmembers on Flight 084 sustained serious injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable causes of the accident were the failure of the pilot of Korean Air Lines Flight 084 to follow accepted procedures during taxi, which caused him to become disoriented while selecting the runway; the failure of the pilot to use the compass to confirm his position; and the decision of the pilot to take off when he was unsure that the aircraft was positioned on the correct runway. Contributing to the accident was the fog, which reduced visibility to a point that the pilot could not ascertain his position visually and the control tower personnel could not assist the pilot. Also contributing to the accident was a lack of legible taxiway and runway signs at several intersections passed by Flight 084 while it was taxiing. |
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