# Accident 19791019041529A: Dhav DHC3, Koyuk, AK, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Koyuk, AK
- Airport: Koyuk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 64.9413° N, 161.1451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Koyuk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.9413&lon=-161.1451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48148 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791019041529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF DURING HEAVY SNOW. ABORTED TAKEOFF TOO LATE AND WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC80DA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA005), Oct 19, 1979: Dehavnd Can DHC-3 (N48148), Koyuk, AK, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.