# NTSB ANC81IA041: Mckinnon G-21, Ketchikan, AK, April 10, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 10, 1981
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125426
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC81IA041
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81IA041

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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G-0001  81/4/10    KETCHIKAN,AK        MCKINNON G-21       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0946                    CFAWH               PX-  0  0  5  AIR TAXI-PASSG            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN SPB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED         PRINCE RUPERT,B.C.           KETCHIKAN,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- STARTED ENGS ON WTR WHILE UNTIED FM DOCK.DEHAVILLAND DHC-2,N64395,SUBSTANTIALLY DMGD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CFAWH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCKINNON G-21
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Ketchikan Spb

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.

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