# Incident 19950216006929I: Dhav DHC2MK3, Ketchikan, AK, February 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1995, 07:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EKQA
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53011, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53011-2012-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3 (registry code 2800107, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 8 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216006929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT THE KETCHIKAN HARBOR, THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE DOCK. WHILE PARALLELING THE DOCK, THE HANDLER GRABBED THE WING ROPE TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE DOCK. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED BETA IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM SWINGING IN WITH NO RESPONSE. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN AWAY FROM THE DOCK, BUT THE DOCK HANDLER KEPT PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE DOCK. THE PILOT SAW A CONTACT WITH THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS IMMINENT AND SHUT OFF THE FUEL AND FEATHERED THE PROP. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE EMPENNAGE OF THE PARKED C-185. THE C-185 WAS TIED TO THE DOCK WITH ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND DESERTED. THE DHC-3 DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS OR CARGO ON BOARD SINCE IT WAS REPOSITIONING FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HARBOR. RESULTING DAMAGE TO THE DHC-3 WAS MINOR . AIRMAN WAS INTERVIEWED. NO ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED.

## Other reports on N53011 (1)

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

- [Incident 19880108004779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880108004779I), Jan 8, 1988: Dhav DHC2MK3 (N53011), Thorne Bay, AK, Minor damage. Pilot made an amphibious landing with the gear extended. Aircraft overturned upon contact with the water.

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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