# Accident 19850312006599A: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Barter Island, AK, March 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1985, 00:15 local time
- Place: Barter Island, AK
- Airport: Gsi1186
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SAIA
- Location: 70.1181° N, 143.6667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barter Island, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1181&lon=-143.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540N-2011-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,311 total, 2,098 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850312006599A

## Narrative

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

THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND DURING A GO AROUND.  DEICING EQUIPMENT NOT USED.  PILOT WAS OPERATING IN IFR CONDITIONS.

## 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 ANC85FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA054), Mar 12, 1985: de Havilland DHC-6-300 (N540N), Barter Island, 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.

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