# Accident 19860320007099A: Dhav DHC4A, Lime Village, AK, March 20, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1986, 13:30 local time
- Place: Lime Village, AK
- Airport: Lime Village Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WAFB
- Location: 61.3591° N, 155.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIME VILLAGE (2AK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3591&lon=-155.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N539Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC4A
- Reported engine: PWA R20007M2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860320007099A

## Narrative

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

ON SECOND TRY FOR RUNWAY,BEGAN GO-AROUND.PITCHED UP,STALLED. CRASHED AND BURNED.MAY HAVE HAD A REARWARD LOAD SHIFT.

## 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 ANC86FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86FA037), Mar 20, 1986: de Havilland DHC-4A (N539Y), Lime Village, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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