# NTSB Accident ANC96FA072
> **McDonnell Douglas MD-11-F** · 1996-05-16 · ANCHORAGE, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC96FA072
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05677
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-05-16
- **Location:** ANCHORAGE, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.160198, -149.989562
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** McDonnell Douglas
- **Model:** MD-11-F
- **Registration:** N614FE
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 3
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, which allowed the airplane (MD-11) to encounter wake turbulence from a larger/heavy jet airplane (Boeing 747), while on a short final approach for landing on a close-by/parallel runway with a staggered threshold. Factors relating to the accident were the staggered/off-set runway thresholds, which positioned the normal approach path of runway 24R below that of runway 24L; the steeper than normal final approach path; and the left crosswind, which resulted in wake turbulence drifting from the Boeing 747's approach path to the MD-11's approach path.

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