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| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 2002 |
| Time: | 07:30 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Juneau Aeronautics Inc. |
| Registration: | N335AK |
| MSN: | 263 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8092 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | TENAKEE SPRINGS, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN) |
| TENAKEE SPRINGS, AK (TKE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was taxiing an amphibious float-equipped airplane to a seaplane dock after landing on a scheduled air taxi flight. The pilot shut-off the engine as the airplane approached the dock. A tidal current carried the airplane beyond the intended docking area, and the airplane drifted backward into a wooden piling. The operator reported that the left aileron was removed for repair. A 37-inch portion of the aileron trailing edge was replaced.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's speed/distance from a dock resulting in the airplane drifting into a wooden piling during a taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was the presence of a tidal current.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC02LA115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 2006 | N335AK | Wings Airline Services | 0 | Flamingo Bay |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 09:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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