- Date
- February 24, 1992, 06:38 local (10:38 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 11 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N723CADe Havilland DH6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920224003779A
- Case key
- 5694
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Inadequate visual look out by both pilots in the airplane, and the driver of the ground vehicle. Contributing factors to the accident were the absence of side conspicuity lighting on the ground vehicle, and the night lighting conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the post landing taxi, the airplane and an airport ramp tug collided with one another. Both pilots in the airplane and the tug driver said they did not see each other until the collision occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N723CA
- Reported as
- De Havilland DH6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 723
- Airframe hours
- 12,917
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Markair Express, Inc., doing business as Markair Express
- Registered owner
- Markair Express, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 14, 1992 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage International
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 63 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.