Accident · 2003-01-21

NTSB case ANC03LA024 · de Havilland DHC-6-200 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 2003-01-21
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-6-200 (N206EH)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The captain's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on an icy runway, which resulted in an excursion from the runway and collision with a snow berm. Contributing factors in the accident are a crosswind, an icy runway, and a snow berm.

Source: NTSB case ANC03LA024

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.

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