Accident · 2004-05-16

NTSB case ANC04LA054 · Cessna 208B · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2004-05-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 208B (N9820F)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Peninsula Airways Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Peninsula Airways, Inc.

Probable cause

The captain's improper evaluation of the weather conditions and improper decision to taxi the airplane in high gusting wind conditions which resulted in the airplane's right wing striking the ground. A contributing factor was the high gusting wind.

Source: NTSB case ANC04LA054

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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