Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 172 N8739B

23 December 1992 · Juneau, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 December 1992 at about 23:47 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N8739B, operated by Kenneth R. Tyler, was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 23:47
Classification
Accident
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Juneau (JNU)
Coordinates
58.5806, -134.7705
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N8739B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Kenneth R. Tyler
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Haines
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Bright
NTSB number
ANC93LA022

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

IMPROPER AIRPORT RAMP OPERATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, THE VEHICLE DRIVER'S OPERATION OF A LOADED FORKLIFT NEAR TAXIING AIRCRAFT AND STANDING AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A RAMP FORKLIFT CARRYING AN AIRCRAFT 'IGLOO' CONTAINER COLLIDED WITH THE RIGHT WING OF AN AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD JUST BEGUN ITS TAXI. THE PILOT OBSERVED THE FORKLIFT MOVING IN REVERSE FROM HIS RIGHT JUST BEFORE THE IMPACT AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUTOFF. THE AIRPORT RAMP WAS ICE AND SNOW COVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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