Accident · 1993-08-19

NTSB case ANC93FA152 · DE HAVILLAND DHC-3 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-08-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: DE HAVILLAND DHC-3 (N321KA)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: KETCHUM AIR SERVICE Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): KETCHUM AIR SERVICE INC.

Probable cause

FLUID, FUEL STARVATION AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE OPERATOR'S INADEQUATE FLIGHT TIME AND FUEL UPLOAD RECORD KEEPING.

Source: NTSB case ANC93FA152

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

All incidents →