# Accident 19940807020319A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Kodiak, AK, August 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1994, 13:55 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPIA
- Location: 57.7895° N, 152.4010° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7895&lon=-152.4010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 1,023 total, 139 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC94FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940807020319A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE SCUD RUNNING OVER WATER IN NEAR ZERO CEILING AND VISIBILITY. WAS ADVISED OF IFR CONDITIONS.

## 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 ANC94FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94FA100), Aug 7, 1994: de Havilland DHC-2 (N126UA), Kodiak, AK, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT OF THE VFR ONLY FLIGHT INTENTIONALLY ENTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE INADEQUATE PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES BY THE COMPANY/OPERATOR MANAGEMENT…

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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