19811231082429A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC-2 · Big Port Walter, AK · December 31, 1981

Date
December 31, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Big Port Walter, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GSBA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64396
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC82DAD04
Reported as
Dhav DHC2*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,233 total500 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Right bank after water takeoff. Unable to stop bank. Wing hit water. Airplane sank. Possible iced aileron controls.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT BANK AFTER WATER TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO STOP BANK. WING HIT WATER. AIRPLANE SANK. POSSIBLE ICED AILERON CONTROLS.

NTSB investigation

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