# NTSB Accident ANC02LA115
> **de Havilland DHC-3** · 2002-09-04 · TENAKEE SPRINGS, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC02LA115
- **Event ID:** 20020910X01584
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-09-04
- **Location:** TENAKEE SPRINGS, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 57.779724, -135.218612
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 7
- **Total aboard:** 7
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-3
- **Registration:** N335AK
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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