Accident · 2007-10-07
What the record says
- Event date
- 2007-10-07
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DHC-2 (N24BR)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Branch River Air Service, Inc Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Branch River Air
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions during the final approach to land, which resulted in the airplane colliding with terrain. A factor contributing to the accident was the gusty wind.
Source: NTSB case ANC08CA002Flight 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.