# Accident 20030530037259A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Salmon Lake, AK, May 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Salmon Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: H0VC
- Location: 56.9583° N, 135.1417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9583&lon=-135.1417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60TF) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030530037259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS UPON TOUCHDOWN ON WATER SURFACE AT SALMON LAKE: PILOT ADMITTED TO NTSB THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR INTO THE FLOATS PRIOR TO LANDING. THE LANDING GEAR STRIKING THE WATER PRIOR TO FLOATS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE UPSET AND FORWARD FLIP OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING LEFT WING MOUNT RIPPED APART ALLOWING WING TO TRAIL AFT APPROXIMATELY 85 DEGREES.

## 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 ANC03LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA054), May 30, 2003: deHAVILLAND DHC-2 (N60TF), Sitka, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear wheels of an amphibious float equipped airplane after departure from a paved runway, which resulted in a nose over when the airplane was landed on a…

## Other reports on N60TF (2)

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

- [Incident 20150817017109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150817017109I), Aug 17, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (N60TF), Sitka, AK, Minor damage. On landing at the Sitka airport the left and right main landing gear truck and wheel assembly retracted into the wheel well causing the both floats to contact…
- [Incident 20080314013659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080314013659I), Mar 14, 2008: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N60TF), Sitka, AK, No damage. (-23) On take off from water aircraft hit submerged object and aircraft continued to Sitka airport. Pilot was not sure that there was damage to aircraft float.…

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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