What happened
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Lost directional control on landing and ground looped off the runway down an embankment. Tail wheel unlocked.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING AND GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. TAIL WHEEL UNLOCKED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N3125N · 8
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
Incident 20200915014549ILanding: Approach · King Salmon, AK9/15/2020 This was initially reported as an accident. At 1027 am local Alaska time a DHC-3 beaver, N3125N, registered to [privacy data omitted] made an unscheduled landing in Naknek Lake near King Salmon Alaska.. The report initially stated strut failure…Accident 20150604016319ACruise/Level Flight · Skwentna, AKJune 4, 2015 approximately 1230 Alaska daylight time, a de havilland DHC-3 equipped with a Honeywell TPE331 turbine engine, experienced a vibration during cruise flight in the vicinity of Skwentna, alaksa. The airman returned to anchorage and landed without…Accident 20140530008689ACruise/Level Flight · Anchorage, AKAfter level off in cruise flight at approximately 5000 feet MSL in VMC turbulence/rain the pilot reported that there was a brief period of vibration in the airframe. The amount of vibration decreased over a 45 second period to a manageable level. The aircraft…Incident 20110316008779ILanding: Rollout · Talkeetna, AKAircraft departed Z41 with 2000 lbs of cargo. Flew over Whiskey Bravo Strip (5 miles south lake puntilla), uneventful downwind, base, final and touchdown. No wind, no precipitationas soon as tailwheel settled aircraft veered left. Left main wheel-ski…Accident 20060902018599ALevel Off Touchdown · Wainwright, AK(-23) Tailwheel locked in unsafe position for landing. PIC failed to recognize condition too late to take corrective action. Aircraft left the runway causing damage to left main landing gear and left wing. [privacy data omitted]Accident 19990427017329ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Healy, AK(.4) On April 27, 1999, about 1315 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Dehavilland DHC-3 airplane, N3125N, sustained substantial damage during a landing on a remote airstrip, about 13 miles north-northeast of Healy, Alaska. The airplane was being…Incident 19920715034649IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Fairbanks, AKEngine started losing oil. Made an emergency off airport landing.Incident 19890320013649IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Kenai, AKEngine malfunction. Precautionary landing on a lake. Found cylinder rocker arm and cover cracked.