Cessna 402B N969JW

Summary

On 9 December 1987 at about 19:58 local time, a Cessna 402B registered N969JW, operated by Wilbur's Inc., was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 December 1987 at 19:58

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Anchorage (ANC)

Coordinates

61.1591, -149.9906

Aircraft

Cessna 402B

Registration

N969JW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Wilbur's Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Valdez → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ANC88FA019

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DRG ARR IN HVY TRAFFIC, REEVE FLT 726 (BOEING 727) & WILBURS FLT 304 (CESSNA 402B, N969JW) RECD RADAR ADZYS FOR VISUAL APCHS TO RWYS 6L & 6R, RESPECTIVELY. SUBSEQUENTLY, BOTH FLTS WERE CLRD TO LND. AT 1555:04, THE LCL TWR CTLR TRANSMITTED THAT THE WND AT THE APCH END OF RWY 6R WAS FM 340 DEG AT 9 KTS & THE MIDFLD WND WAS 330 DEG AT 7. AT APRX 1557, FLT 726 LNDD ON RWY 6L. APRX 69 SEC LATER, AS FLT 304 WAS X-ING THE THRESHOLD (THR) OF RWY 6R AT ABOUT 100' AGL, THE ACFT ENCTRDWAKE TURBC (W/T) & ROLLED SHARPLY TO THE RGT, BYD 90 DEG. THE PLT CORRECTED WITH AILERON & PWR, BUT THE ACFT LOST ALT & HIT THE GND BFR RCVRY. THE WND DRG THE 1601 WX OBS WAS 020 DEG AT 5 KTS. RWY CTRLNS WERE 700' APART, THRESHOLD OF RWY 6LWAS 4600' BYD THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 6R. THE APCH CTLR DID NOT ADZ EITHER FLT OF THE OTHER'S PSN, NOR DID THE TWR CTLR GIVE A W/T ADZRY TO FLT 304. CALCULATIONS SHOWED VORTICES COULD HAVE DRIFTED FM RWY 6L TO RWY 6R IN AS LITTLE AS 28 SEC.FAA HNDBK ADDRESSED W/T ADZY FOR PARALLEL RWY OPNS WITH LESS THAN 2500' SEPN, BUT DID NOT ADDRESS OFFSET THRESHOLDS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.