Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a forklift while taxiing.
NTSB analysis
After unloading the airplane, the pilot did a walk around, then started the engine. As he began taxiing for takeoff, he misjudged the distance from the horizontal stabilizer and a fork lift that was parked near the cargo door. The horizontal stabilizer hit the forklift sustaining substantial damage. The operator stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC14CA036 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- May 15, 2014
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Aniak, Alaska
- Nearest airport
- Aniak (ANI)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna 208B
- N-number
- N1275N
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1999
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 135 (charter and commuter)
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