Accident · 1996-09-24
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-09-24
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DHC-2 (N5343G)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- ANIAK AIR GUIDES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- ANIAK AIR GUIDES
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to remove all snow and ice from the airplane prior to takeoff.
Source: NTSB case ANC96LA164Flight 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.