Accident · 1992-02-24

NTSB case ANC92LA041 · DE HAVILLAND DH6 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1992-02-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: DE HAVILLAND DH6 (N723CA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: MARKAIR EXPRESS, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MARKAIR EXPRESS, INC.

Probable cause

INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOK OUT BY BOTH PILOTS IN THE AIRPLANE, AND THE DRIVER OF THE GROUND VEHICLE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ABSENCE OF SIDE CONSPICUITY LIGHTING ON THE GROUND VEHICLE, AND THE NIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS.

Source: NTSB case ANC92LA041

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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