Accident · 1999-08-07

NTSB case ANC99LA107 · de Havilland DHC-6-300 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-08-07
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-6-300 (N288SA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: SEABORNE AVIATION INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SEABORNE AVIATION INC.

Probable cause

A failure of ground handling personnel to verify a release procedure/directive, and removal of a second airplane's tiedown, and subsequent collision from a second airplane.

Source: NTSB case ANC99LA107

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.

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