# Accident 20030815037099A: Dhav DHC2*, Brooks Lake, AK, August 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Brooks Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6667° N, 156.6333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6667&lon=-156.6333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,987 total, 1,281 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030815037099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2003 A FLOAT-EQUIPPED DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 REGISTERED TO ULTIMATE AIR LLC AND PILOTED BY KENNETH ALLIGOOD WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT BROOKS LAKE, ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HIS APPROACH PATH WAS OVER SUNKEN ROCKS WHICH NECESSITATED LANDING DOWNWIND. THE PILOT STATED HE MISJUDGED THE AMOUNT OF THE WIND ON THE TAIL. DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS LANDING LONG AND MADE A HARD LEFT TURN TO AVOID THE SHORE BUT WAS TOO LATE AND DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS AND RIGHT WING RESULTED. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF FAR PART 91. THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.

## 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 ANC03LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA099), Aug 15, 2003: de Havilland DHC-2 (N11GA), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area, which resulted in an overrun and an on ground/water collision with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a tailwind.

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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