# Accident 19900627025209A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Caribou Lake, AK, June 27, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1990, 13:30 local time
- Place: Caribou Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENXC
- Aircraft: N5147G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5147G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900627025209A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AT POWER REDUCTION AFTER TAKEOFF. DESCENDED INTO TREES ONSHORE. FOUND A CRACKED CYLINDER.

## 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 ANC90LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA098), Jun 27, 1990: De Havilland DHC-2 (N5147G), Caribou Lake, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A POWER LOSS CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF A PISTON CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N5147G (1)

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

- [Accident 19830901049129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901049129A), Sep 1, 1983: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N5147G), Chandler River, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed on sandbar and during rollout left gear hit ditch and sheared off.

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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