Beschrijving:
The captain said that he was landing the airplane on runway 33 with a 15-knot crosswind from his right (about 050 degrees magnetic). During the landing roll, the airplane drifted too far to the left on the ice and frost-covered runway and encountered a snow berm. The collision with the snow berm fractured the nose wheel fork, and a portion of the fork subsequently damaged the fuselage just aft of the nose wheel. Field repairs were made at Kipnuk, and the airplane was ferried to the operator's main repair base in Anchorage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on an icy runway, which resulted in an excursion from the runway and collision with a snow berm. Contributing factors in the accident are a crosswind, an icy runway, and a snow berm."
accident date: 21-01-2003
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N206EH
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | dinsdag 21 januari 2003 |
| Tijd: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | ERA Aviation |
| Registratie: | N206EH |
| Constructienummer: | 194 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1969 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 46564 |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 8 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 10 |
| Schade: | Groot |
| Gevolgen: | Repaired |
| Plaats: | Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN) ( Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE), Verenigde Staten |
| Kipnuk Airport, AK (KPN/PAKI), Verenigde Staten | |
| Vluchtnummer: | 863 |
The captain said that he was landing the airplane on runway 33 with a 15-knot crosswind from his right (about 050 degrees magnetic). During the landing roll, the airplane drifted too far to the left on the ice and frost-covered runway and encountered a snow berm. The collision with the snow berm fractured the nose wheel fork, and a portion of the fork subsequently damaged the fuselage just aft of the nose wheel. Field repairs were made at Kipnuk, and the airplane was ferried to the operator's main repair base in Anchorage.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on an icy runway, which resulted in an excursion from the runway and collision with a snow berm. Contributing factors in the accident are a crosswind, an icy runway, and a snow berm."
Accident investigation:
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accident date: 21-01-2003
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N206EH
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Bethel Airport, AK en Kipnuk Airport, AK bedraagt 152 km (95 miles).
De afstand tussen Bethel Airport, AK en Kipnuk Airport, AK bedraagt 152 km (95 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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