# Incident 19960110002389I: Dhav DHC2MKI, Willow, AK, January 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YNAC
- Location: 61.7472° N, 150.0375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7472&lon=-150.0375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98JH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland-Air SVC Caravan DHC-2 (registry code 2801830, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-air-svc-caravan-dhc-2) (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 DHC2MKI
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960110002389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 10, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS, A DEHAVILLAND DHC-2, N98JH OWNED BY NORTHERN ALPS INC. DBA WILLOW AIR, AND WAS OPERATED BY MITCH H. HENKEL, POSSESSING A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, STATED AT CRUISE FLIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER AND MADE A FORCED LANDING TO A FROZEN LAKE. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AS A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 WHEN INCIDENT OCCURED. FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WILLOW, AK AT 1500 HOURS LOCAL. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. INTERNAL FAILURE TO ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A NEAR MISS COLLISION.

## Other reports on N98JH (1)

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

- [Accident 19880915039059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915039059A), Sep 15, 1988: Dhav DHC2* (N98JH), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. Engine went to idle en route. Landed float equipped aircraft on the tundra. An exhaust valve had failed.

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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