19790401013389A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC4 · Bethel, AK · April 1, 1979

Date
April 1, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Airport
Bethel
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N580PA
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FA043
Reported as
Dhav DHC4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,638 total5,285 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Premature lift off. Drifted off runway. Hit oil drums. Continued to other airport. Landed minus gear.

As the FAA filed it

PREMATURE LIFT OFF. DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY. HIT OIL DRUMS. CONTINUED TO OTHER AIRPORT. LANDED MINUS GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.