# Pilot boarding accidents

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [April 27, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330 "2019-04-27T11:14:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330/1 "2019-04-27T11:14:36Z")

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Pilot boarding can be dangerous not only for the pilot but the crew that prepare the ladder for his arrival:  
[https://mariners.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2019/04/25/4-25-2019-marine-safety-alert-man-overboard-fatality-calls-for-reassessment-of-hazards-and-risks/](https://mariners.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2019/04/25/4-25-2019-marine-safety-alert-man-overboard-fatality-calls-for-reassessment-of-hazards-and-risks/)

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330/2 "2023-10-13T21:02:52Z")

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Here is a pilot disembarking that did NOT end in an accident.  
(When, where and name of photographer unknown:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/a/4/a440ecfddc438def552e8ce037621a2373d50aef.jpeg)  
Thank god the deckhand has his mask on

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**Author:** ![244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/a3d4f5/32.png) [@244](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/244)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330/3 "2023-10-13T21:42:10Z")

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While I would not endorse the method depicted above. Sometimes needs must.🫣

Nothing to see here, move along please sir. 😥

Just another day for your average Pilot. Thankfully all behind me now 😁

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/pilot-boarding-accidents/51330/4 "2023-10-15T15:27:16Z")

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