Accident · 2002-09-04

NTSB case ANC02LA115 · de Havilland DHC-3 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2002-09-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-3 (N335AK)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Alaska Juneau Aeronautics Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ALASKA JUNEAU AERONAUTICS INC.

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's speed/distance from a dock resulting in the airplane drifting into a wooden piling during a taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was the presence of a tidal current.

Source: NTSB case ANC02LA115

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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