Accident · 2006-08-16
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-08-16
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18 (N8597D)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Forty Mile Air Ltd. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Forty Mile Air Ltd. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a collision with a tree. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.
Source: NTSB case ANC06CA115Flight 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.