ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319878
| Date: | Monday 22 May 2017 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Supervan 900 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Seaplanes |
| Registration: | N754KP |
| MSN: | 208B1264 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2423 hours |
| Engine model: | Honeywell TPE331-12JR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Skagway, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN) |
| Skagway Municipal Airport, AK (SGY/PAGY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan was en route from Juneau to Skagway, Alaska, USA, when at about 1,500 ft., the pilot saw a goose approaching the airplane. He attempted to turn and avoid the goose, but the goose impacted the windscreen. The pilot landed the airplane at the destination airport without further incident.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to the windscreen and fuselage.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An in-flight collision with a goose."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
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| 22 October 2021 | N754KP | Alaska Seaplanes | 0 | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU) | |
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