Accident · 1992-08-12
What the record says
- Event date
- 1992-08-12
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 (N8190Y)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- ALASKA WEST AIR SERVICE, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ALASKA WEST AIR SERVICE, INC.
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S MISJUDGING HIS ALTITUDE ON FINAL APPROACH. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE GLASSY WATER CONDITION.
Source: NTSB case ANC92LA128Flight 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.