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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Dhav DHC2* · Wasilla, AK · June 12, 2004

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Date
June 12, 2004 · 18:00 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Airport
Gattis Strip Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N105RL
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC04LA064
Reported as
Dhav DHC2*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total600 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On June 12, 2004, at approximately 1800 hours Alaska time, a wheel equipped Dehavilland DHC-2, N105RL veered off the runway at Gattis airstrip and sustained substantial damage after striking a log. According to the pilot, after touchdown he applied brakes and the right brake grabbed and veered the airplane to the right sharply. The pilot released the brakes and regained control while steering the airplane back to the center of the runway. The pilot re-applied the brakes and the airplane again veered to the right and the pilot stated that he again got the airplane under control and steered back to the center of the runway. The pilot stated that he was running out of runway and had to apply the brakes to stop before reaching the end of the runway which drops off into the lake. The pilot stated that he applied the brakes hard and the airplane veered off the runway to the right and entered into bushes. He stated that the right main gear struck a log concealed in the bushes and substantial damage occurred to the right main gear leg.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 12, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS ALASKA TIME, A WHEEL EQUIPPED DEHAVILLAND DHC-2, N105RL VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AT GATTIS AIRSTRIP AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING A LOG. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE APPLIED BRAKES AND THE RIGHT BRAKE GRABBED AND VEERED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT SHARPLY. THE PILOT RELEASED THE BRAKES AND REGAINED CONTROL WHILE STEERING THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT RE-APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRPLANE AGAIN VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AGAIN GOT THE AIRPLANE UNDER CONTROL AND STEERED BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY AND HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO STOP BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHICH DROPS OFF INTO THE LAKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES HARD AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND ENTERED INTO BUSHES. HE STATED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A LOG CONCEALED IN THE BUSHES AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LEG.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC04LA064Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a log. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind, a lack of brake pedals at the second pilot station, and the second…Jun 13, 2004 · Substantial damage