# Accident 20020904024579A: Dhav DHC3, Tenakee Springs, AK, September 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2002, 08:00 local time
- Place: Tenakee Springs, AK
- Airport: Tenakee Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AJAA
- Location: 57.7797° N, 135.2186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7797&lon=-135.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335AK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335AK-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904024579A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) WHILE DOCKING FLOAT PLANE, THE CURRENT OF WATER CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO GET AWAY FROM PILOT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AILERON AND WING TIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC02LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA115), Sep 4, 2002: de Havilland DHC-3 (N335AK), Tenakee Springs, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's speed/distance from a dock resulting in the airplane drifting into a wooden piling during a taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was the presence of a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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