Accident · 1990-05-29

NTSB case SEA90LA089 · de Havilland DHC-2 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1990-05-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: de Havilland DHC-2 (N1018H)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: KETCHIKAN AIR SERVICE, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): KETCHIKAN AIR SERVICE

Probable cause

THE PILOT DID NOT ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE FOR THE CROSS WIND CONDITIONS WHILE TAXIING AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE AIRPLANE AND A TREE ON THE SHORELINE. THE CROSSWIND WAS A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Source: NTSB case SEA90LA089

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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