# Incident 20000702034949I: Dhav DHC2MK1, Ketchikan, AK, July 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2000, 19:00 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W0PC
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95DG) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702034949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED HOLLIS EMPTY IN A DHC-2 ON FLOATS. UPON CLIMBING THROUGH 200 FT. AGL, AND IN A 20 DEGREE BANKED TURN, THE CONTROL YOKE HANDLES BROKE AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE YOKE ASSEMBLY, LEAVING THE PILOT WITHOUT AILERON CONTROL. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN ROLL CONTROL USING RUDDER, AND PITCH CONTROL WAS STILL POSSIBLE USING THE REMAINING CONTROL YOKE. THE PILOT FLEW TO KETCHIKAN WHERE HE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, IN THE PRESENCE OF EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A LARGE AREA WASHER ON THE CONTROL YOKE ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. THIS LARGE WASHER ENSURES THE CASTLE NUT AND COTTER PIN HOLDING THE HANDLES DO NOT SLIDE THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SPLINES THAT HOLDS THE HANDLES TO THE CONTROL YOKE. THE WASHER WAS MISSING AND COULD NOT BE FOUND.

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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