 JA8054, the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 January 1977 |
| Summary | Stall on takeoff due to pilot error aggravated by intoxication and airframe icing |
| Site | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. 61°10′N 150°2′W / 61.167°N 150.033°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62AF[1] |
| Operator | JAL Cargo (Japan Air Lines) |
| Call sign | JAPAN AIR 8054 |
| Registration | JA8054 |
| Flight origin | Grant County International Airport, Grant County, Washington, U.S. |
| Stopover | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Destination | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupants | 5 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 was a charter flight on January 13, 1977, from Grant County, Washington, to Tokyo, Japan, with a stopover in Anchorage, Alaska. The flight crashed during the initial climb shortly after takeoff from Anchorage, in part because the captain, Hugh L. Marsh, was intoxicated as shown by a blood alcohol level of 0.29; the co-pilot and the other crew were not impaired.[1][2][3] All of those on board, including three flight crew members, were killed in the crash.
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- ^ "Japan Air Lines Company, Ltd., McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62F, JA 8054, Anchorage, Alaska January 13, 1977" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. January 16, 1979. NTSB-AAR-78-7. Retrieved April 5, 2017. - Copy at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
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