19890115000439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC-3 · Ketchikan, AK · January 15, 1989

Date: January 15, 1989 · 08:10 local
Place: Ketchikan, AK
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HXSA
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N11250
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA89FA036
Reported as: Dhav DHC3
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,470 total150 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N11250Registration cancelled Mar 31, 1993 · Dehavilland DHC-3S/N 171 Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-3

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What happened

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Flew into heavy snow squall while trying to stay contact low over water. Lost control in steep turn sank on impact.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO HEAVY SNOW SQUALL WHILE TRYING TO STAY CONTACT LOW OVER WATER. LOST CONTROL IN STEEP TURN SANK ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB SEA89FA036Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportKetchikan, AKThe pilot's inadvertant flight into IFR conditions and the stall which occurred during the turn to reverse course. Contributing to the accident were the snow conditions encountered.Jan 15, 1989 · Destroyed

Other reports on N11250 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19850911044239AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Cape Douglas, AKEngine lost power after low level maneuvering over downed aircraft. Flipped over after landing in tundra.Sep 11, 1985 · Substantial damage Incident 19790815031509ITakeoff Ground Roll · Cape Newenham, AKWhile attempting downwind takeoff tail lifted up and aircraft nosed over.Aug 15, 1979 · Minor damage