World Airways Flight 802

World Airways Flight 802
	N802WA, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1972
Accident
Date	8 September 1973
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mount Dutton, King Cove, Alaska; 55°11′21″N 162°15′52″W / 55.1893°N 162.2645°W;
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-8-63CF
Operator	World Airways
Call sign	WORLD 802
Registration	N802WA
Flight origin	Travis AFB, California
1st stopover	Cold Bay Airport, Alaska
Last stopover	Yokota AFB, Japan
Destination	Clark AFB, Philippines
Occupants	6
Passengers	3
Crew	3
Fatalities	6
Survivors	0

Date8 September 1973

SummaryControlled flight into terrain

Site

AircrafttypeDouglas DC-8-63CF

On September 8, 1973, a Douglas DC-8 operated by World Airways as World Airways Flight 802 crashed on high ground while on approach to Cold Bay Airport, Alaska, killing all six people on board.^[1]

The official accident investigation concluded that the probable cause was the captain's non-adherence to published instrument approach procedures for the destination airport.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1970s
1970	Cornfield Bomber (February) Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320 (March) ALM Flight 980 (May)* Trans International Airlines Flight 863 (September) Wichita State University football team plane crash (October) Southern Airways Flight 932 (November 14) Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26 (November 27) Trans Caribbean Airways Flight 505 (December)*
1971	B-52C Lake Michigan crash (January) Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash (May) Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (June 6) Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 (June 7) Pan Am Flight 845 (July) Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 (September) Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 (November)
1972	Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 (March) Delta Air Lines Flight 9570 (May) American Airlines Flight 96 (June 12) Prinair Flight 191 (June 24)* Lake Winnebago mid-air collision (June 29) Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710 (July 5) Delta Air Lines Flight 841 (July 31) Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident (September) Southern Airways Flight 49 (November) United Air Lines Flight 553 (December 10) Chicago–O'Hare runway collision (December 20) Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (December 29) Puerto Rico DC-7 crash (December 31)*
1973	DeKalb–Peachtree Airport Learjet crash (February) Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 (July 23) Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (July 31) TWA Flight 742 (August) World Airways Flight 802 (September 8) Texas International Airlines Flight 655 (September 27) Pan Am Flight 160 (November 3) National Airlines Flight 27 (November 3) Iberia Flight 933 (December)
1974	Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317 (January 6) Pan Am Flight 806 (January 30)* White House helicopter incident (February 17) Delta Air Lines Flight 523 (February 22) Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 (September) TWA Flight 514 (December 1) Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 (December 1)
1975	Golden West Airlines Flight 261 (January) Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (June) Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 (August) Overseas National Airways Flight 032 (November 12) Michigan mid-air incident (November 26)
1976	Alaska Airlines Flight 60 (April 5) American Airlines Flight 625 (April 27)* Air Manila Flight 702 (June)* TWA Flight 355 (September)
1977	Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 (January) Southern Airways Flight 242 (April 4) Delta Air Lines Flight 1080 (April 12) Encino helicopter crash (August) Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash (October) Air Indiana Flight 216 (December 13) United Airlines Flight 2860 (December 18) Vieques Air Link crash (December 19)*
1978	Continental Airlines Flight 603 (March 1) United Airlines Flight 696 (March 13) National Airlines Flight 193 (May) Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 (September 25) Air Caribbean Flight 309 (September 26)* Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217 (December 4) TWA Flight 541 (December 21) United Airlines Flight 173 (December 28)
1979	TWA Flight 841 (April) American Airlines Flight 191 (May 25) Downeast Airlines Flight 46 (May 30) Air New England Flight 248 (June 17) American Airlines Flight 293 (June 20) Comair Flight 444 (October 8) American Airlines Flight 444 (November)
This list is incomplete. An asterisk (*) denotes an incident that took place in a U.S. territory, or in adjacent waters thereof. Flying Tiger Line Flight 45 (July 1970) occurred in the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

World Airways Flight 802

Final descent and crash

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Accident
N802WA, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1972
Date	8 September 1973 (1973-09-08)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mount Dutton, King Cove, Alaska 55°11′21″N 162°15′52″W / 55.1893°N 162.2645°W / 55.1893; -162.2645

Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-8-63CF
Operator	World Airways
Call sign	WORLD 802
Registration	N802WA
Flight origin	Travis AFB, California
1st stopover	Cold Bay Airport, Alaska
Last stopover	Yokota AFB, Japan
Destination	Clark AFB, Philippines
Occupants	6
Passengers	3
Crew	3
Fatalities	6
Survivors	0