# Accident 19790123001429A: Dhav DHC2/, Ketchikan, AK, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Annette Bay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68086, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68086-1980-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland-Webber Airlines DHC-2 BEAVER (registry code 2807001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-webber-airlines-dhc-2-beaver) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FAD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FAD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790123001429A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATCO TRAINING FLIGHT.INSTRUCTOR HAD PILOT MAKE A STEEP TURN ON GO AROUND.STRUCK TREE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC79FAD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FAD02), Jan 23, 1979: Dehavilland DHC-2 (N68086), Ketchican, AK, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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