# Accident 19890917035169A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Kapowsin, WA, September 17, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1989, 11:23 local time
- Place: Kapowsin, WA
- Airport: Kapowsin Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 47.0040° N, 122.2357° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAPOWSIN FLD (86WA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0040&lon=-122.2357&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5163G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 160 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA89LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890917035169A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT WITH SKY DIVERS. NOSED OVER LANDING. DIVERS HAD NO SEAT BELTS. POSSIBLE FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

## 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 SEA89LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA174), Sep 17, 1989: de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (N5163G), Kapowsin, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN UNDETERMINED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

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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