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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 2003 |
| Time: | 08:35 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Era Aviation |
| Registration: | N886EA |
| MSN: | 756 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 42442 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN) |
| Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The captain was taxiing the airplane to the gate area at the conclusion of a scheduled domestic passenger flight. The airplane was being marshaled into a parking spot by a single ground guide utilizing hand signals. No other airplanes were parked nearby, and wing-walkers were not utilized. As the airplane was being positioned by the ground guide, the underside of the left wing struck the top of a parked fleet service van. Inspection of the left wing revealed that the outboard flap hinge assembly was displaced upward requiring replacement of the outboard rib, the outboard flap hanger assembly, and wrinkled upper wing skin near the wingtip. The director of safety for the operator reported that a wing walker was not available or used as required by company policy when aircraft are operated near obstacles.
Probable Cause: The failure of the captain to maintain adequate clearance between the airplane's wingtip and a parked vehicle. A factor contributing to the accident was the failure of ground personnel to utilize a wing walker as prescribed in company policy when aircraft are operated near obstacles.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC03LA043
History of this aircraft
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 15:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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