# Accident 19880911038239A: Dhav DHC2*, Ruth Lake, AK, September 11, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ruth Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EQWC
- Aircraft: N67207 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2*
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 369 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911038239A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO DECELERATE ON DOWNWIND WATER LANDING. RAN UP ON A BEACH AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC88LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA137), Sep 12, 1988: de Havilland DHC-2 (N67207), Ruth Lake, 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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