# Accident 20030824025489A: Dhav DHC2*, Trading Bay, AK, August 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Trading Bay, AK
- Airport: Trading Bay Production Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8000° N, 151.7167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8000&lon=-151.7167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N513F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030824025489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE LANDED OPPOSITE TO WHAT HE NORMALLY USES, WAS ROLLING OUT, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC03LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA102), Aug 24, 2003: de Havilland DHC-2 (N513F), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent ground loop. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

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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