# Accident 19970930029199A: Dhav DHC2*, Ketchikan, AK, September 30, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1997, 17:47 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PJMA
- Location: 55.6104° N, 131.5800° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6104&lon=-131.5800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4787C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4787C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97FA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970930029199A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED STEEP TURN ON CLIMBOUT. ROLLED OVER TOP AND DOVE INTO WATER INDICATES ACCELERATED STALL.

## 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 ANC97FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97FA159), Sep 30, 1997: de Havilland DHC-2 (N4787C), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive climb and turning maneuver at low altitude, the pilot's inadvertent stall, and the intentional operation of the airplane with the required stall warning system disabled. Factors…

## Other reports on N4787C (2)

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

- [Accident 20130724015709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130724015709A), Jul 24, 2013: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (N4787C), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed. During a charter flight that started at the waterfront base in Ketchikan enroute to shipley bay, the aircraft experienced a loss of power just past the north…
- [Accident 19840726053089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840726053089A), Jul 26, 1984: Dhav DHC2* (N4787C), Wilson Lake, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck trees on rising terrain after flying into a blind canyon on a sightseeing flight.

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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