Alaska Accidents Show Pattern of Lenient FAA Oversight
The FAA continues to struggle with minimal inspector staffing in Alaska, where operators face challenging conditions and crashes are frequent.
NTSB investigator Clint Crookshanks and board member Jennifer Homendy near the site of some of the wreckage of the DHC-2 Beaver that was involved in the midair collision near Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 13, 2019. (NTSB Photo by Peter Knudson)
NTSB investigator Clint Crookshanks and board member Jennifer Homendy near the site of some of the wreckage of the DHC-2 Beaver that was involved in the midair collision near Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 13, 2019. (NTSB Photo by Peter Knudson)