# Accident 19980730023569A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Nondalton, AK, July 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1998, 08:00 local time
- Place: Nondalton, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9607° N, 154.8707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9607&lon=-154.8707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123EF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123EF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (registry code 2808002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,540 total, 1,166 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980730023569A

## Narrative

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

FISHING GUIDE EXITED TO ASSIST DOCKING. WALKED ON FLOAT TO PROP. WAS WARNED ABOUT PROP. (FROM .4)  THE PILOT OF THE FLOAT EQUIPPED FISHING LODGE AIRPLANE INSTRUCTED HIS PASSENGER, A GUIDE EMPLOYED BY THE LODGE, TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE'S CABIN AND STAND ON A FLOAT IN PREPARATION FOR DOCKING AT A REMOTE SITE.  THE PILOT REMINDED THE GUIDE, A NEW LODGE EMPLOYEE UNFAMILIAR WITH AIRCRAFT, TO STAY BEHIND THE DOOR UNTIL HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND THE PROPELLER HAD STOPPED.  THE GUIDE DID NOT STAY BEHIND THE DOOR, BUT WALKED FORWARD ON THE FLOAT PRIOR TO ENGINE/PROPELLER STOPPAGE.  THE GUIDE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER.                             (-23) FISHING GUIDE EXITED AIRCRAFT DURING TAXI TO THE BEACH. HE THEN WALKED FORWARD ON THE RIGHT FLOAT INTO THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GUIDE HAD BEEN BRIEFED NOT TO WALK FORWARD OF THE FRONT DOOR JUST PRIOR TO EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. ANOTHER GUIDE CONFIRMED THIS. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ABOUT THE NEED FOR MAINTAINING A SAFE OPERATION.

## 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 ANC98LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA112), Jul 30, 1998: de Havilland DHC-2 (N123EF), Nondalton, AK, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate procedures/directives when he allowed a passenger to exit the cabin area while the propeller was still turning, and the passenger's failure to follow the pilot's instructions…

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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