Marine Accident Report: Grounding of the Liberian Passenger Ship Star Princess on Poundstone Rock, Lynn Canal, Alaska, June 23, 1995

On June 23, 1995, the passenger vessel Star Princess, traveling from Skagway to Juneau, Alaska, grounded on Poundstone Rock in Lynn Canal, about 21 miles northwest of Juneau. The vessel's bottom sustained significant damage. No injuries or deaths resulted from this accident. The total cost resulting from required repairs and the delay before the vessel could return to service was estimated at $27.16 million. The major safety issues discussed in this report are the adequacy of the pilot's physical fitness for duty, the importance of bridge resource management, the pilotage practices in the Alaskan cruise industry, and the need for search and rescue planning. As a result of its investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board issued safety recommendations to the U.S. Coast Guard, the State pilot commissions, the Alaska Board of Marine Pilots, the Southeastern Alaska Pilots Association, the Alaska Coastwise Pilot Association, the San Diego Bay Pilots Association, Inc., Princess Cruise Lines, the American Pilots' Association, and the International Council of Cruise Lines.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR9702.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/MAR9702.aspx
• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

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• Publication Date: 1997-6-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 71p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Cruise lines; Diseases and medical conditions; Groundings (Maritime crashes); Loss and damage; Maritime safety; Passenger ships; Recommendations; Search and rescue operations; Ship pilotage; Ship pilots; Water transportation crashes
• Identifier Terms: Bridge resource management; Lynn Canal
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Marine Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01003086
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/MAR-97-02, Notation 6595A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2005 11:26AM