Accident · 1991-10-26

NTSB case ANC92LA010 · DE HAVILLAND DHC-6 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1991-10-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: DE HAVILLAND DHC-6 (N724CA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: MARKAIR EXPRESS, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MARKAIR EXPRESS INC.

Probable cause

THE HIGH CROSSWIND CONDITION, THE PILOT IN COMMANDS INABILITY TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW COMPANY PROCEDURES AND THE PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL. FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CAPTAIN'S OVERCONFIDENCE IN HIS PERSONAL ABILITY.

Source: NTSB case ANC92LA010

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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