# Accident 20040826022009A: Dhav DHC2*, Kodiak, AK, August 26, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2004, 12:50 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6167° N, 153.9000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6167&lon=-153.9000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49GB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2) (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 DHC2*
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,478 total, 935 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040826022009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT INDICATED THAT DURING A TAKEOFF FROM BIG RIVER (APPROXIMATELY 150' WIDE) DURING HIS CLIMB OUT THE FLOATS COLLIDED WITH A SAND RIVER BANK AND SETTLED ONTO THE TIDAL BEACH AREA OF THE RIVER. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.

## 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 ANC04LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA097), Aug 26, 2004: de Havilland DHC-2 (N49GB), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff, which resulted in a collision with a river bank during the takeoff run.

## Other reports on N49GB (1)

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

- [Incident 19980916035469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916035469I), Sep 16, 1998: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N49GB), AK, Minor damage. (-5)Pilot landed on a river in a float plane. He was the sole occupant on board. His touchdown was in too flat of an attitute, right float produced excessive…

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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