# Accident 20010419039819A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Anchorage, AK, April 19, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1753° N, 149.9958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1753&lon=-149.9958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4793C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4793C-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (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: 1,282 total, 246 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01TA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01TA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419039819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT ON AUGUST 1, 2001, HE TOLD THIS INSPECTOR THAT AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT IN A DHC-2, HE WAS PARKING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CAP HANGAR AT LAKE HOOD. AS HE SWUNG THE TAIL AROUND, IT STRUCK A CEMENT BARRIER AND DID SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND THE OUTBOARD HORIZONTAL HINGE POINT.

## 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 ANC01TA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01TA048), Apr 20, 2001: de Havilland DHC-2 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot to maintain adequate distance/clearance from a cement barricade while taxiing into a parking spot after landing. A factor was the presence of a barricade adjacent to the…

## Other reports on N4793C (1)

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

- [Accident 20100523005899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523005899A), May 23, 2010: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC- (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The certificated flight instructor in the right seat was giving sea plane instruction to the ses rated pilot who occupied the left seat. The pilot receiving…

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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