Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently taxied the airplane into a ditch.
NTSB analysis
The pilot was taxiing the airplane through an unmarked ramp area to an adjacent taxiway when he inadvertently taxied into a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing. The operator stated that the accident could have been prevented had the ramp and taxiway edges been marked with lights or cones.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC12CA048 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 7, 2012
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Platinum, Alaska
- Nearest airport
- Platinum (PAPM)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 207A
- N-number
- N9874M
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 135 (charter and commuter)
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