# Accident 20020819022189A: Dhav DHC2*, Ketchikan, AK, August 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2002, 07:45 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PJMA
- Location: 55.3500° N, 131.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3500&lon=-131.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64393, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64393-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-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 DHC2*
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819022189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/19/2002 AT APPROX 0735 A PROMECH INC. DHC-2, N64393, DEPARTED THE KETCHIKAN ALASKA SEAPLANE HARBOR FOR A NEETS BAY BEAR WATCH TOUR WITH A TOTAL OF 4 PASSENGERS AND PILOT ABOARD. ON 08/19/2002 AT APPROX 0739 A PROMECH INC. DHC-3, N409PA, ALSO DEPARTED THE KETCHIKAN SEAPLANE HARBOR FOR THE SAME TOUR WITH A TOTAL OF 10 PASSENGERS AND PILOT ABOARD. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE BEING OPERATED AS 14 CFR PART 135 ON-DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHTS. AT APPROX 0745 THE DHC-3 OVERTOOK DHC-2 FROM THE DHC-2'S 5 O'CLOCK POSITION AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT PONTOON OF THE DHC-2 WITH THE TIP AND LEADING EDGE OF THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING OF THE DHC-3. THE DHC-3 THEN CONTINUED PASSING UNDER DHC-2 TOWARDS THE 11 O'CLOCK POSITION SCRAPING THE TOP OF THE WINGS AGAINST THE RIGHT PONTOON AND STRIKING THE TAIL CONE OF THE DHC-2 WITH THE TOP OF THE RUDDER OF THE DHC-3. DAMAGE TO THE DHC-2 WAS TO RIGHT PONTOON AND TAIL CONE. DAMAGE TO THE DHC-3 WAS TO THE TIP AND LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING, SHEET METAL DAMAGE ALONG THE TOP OF BOTH WINGS, STALL FENCES, TOP OF THE RUDDER, AND VARIOUS ANTENNAS MOUNTED ON THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE. BOTH AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS AND CREW

## 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 ANC02LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA098), Aug 19, 2002: de Havilland DHC-2 (N64393), Ketchikan, AK, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual outlook during cruise climb, which resulted in a midair collision between the two airplanes.

## Other reports on N64393 (1)

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

- [Incident 19900722035529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900722035529I), Jul 22, 1990: Dhav DHC2* (N64393), Kaasan, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft was caught by a gust of wind after landing on water. Right wing struck the water. Continued to shore.

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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