# Accident 20030121004649A: Dhav DHC6, Kipnuk, AK, January 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Kipnuk, AK
- Airport: Kipnuk Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 59.9331° N, 164.0305° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9331&lon=-164.0305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206EH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030121004649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 863, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR 121 FLIGHT, WAS MAKING A SCHEDULED TOP AT KIPNUK, AK. IN THE COURSE OF THE POST LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 33, THE CREW FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ON TO THE SHOULDER. ALL EFFORTS BY THE CREW TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP FACING NEARLY 90 DEGREES TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE RUNWAY SURFACE CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF COMPACTED SNOW AND ICE OVER GRAVEL. THE GRAVEL WAS VISIBLE ONLY IN ISOLATED AREAS. A CROSSWIND OF 050 DEGREES MAGNETIC, AT 15 KNOTS, PREVAILED.

## 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 ANC03LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA024), Jan 21, 2003: de Havilland DHC-6-200 (N206EH), Kipnuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on an icy runway, which resulted in an excursion from the…

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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