# Accident 20040827024089A: Dhav DHC3, Mcgrath, AK, August 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.1722° N, 156.8122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.1722&lon=-156.8122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N197TT-2017-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040827024089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 27, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 ADT, N197TT A DEHAVILLAND DHC-3, EQUIPPED WITH TUNDRA TIRES, WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MCGRATH, AK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED TITLE 14, CFR PART 91 AS A VFR FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, THE PASSENGER OCCUPYING THE CO-PILOT SEAT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER SEATED BEHING THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS REPORTED AS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF MIST, FOG AND SMOKE. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH FSS. (-23 AMENDMENT) ON AUGUST 27, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 ADT, A DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TREES AND MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF MCGRATH, AK. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A VFR, TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT BY EXOUSIA, INC. D/B/A MAVRIK AIRE, KENAI, AK. IFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT DUE TO FOG, MIST, AND SMOKE FROM WILD FIRES IN THE STATE.                                                     (-23 AMENDMENT) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED ON MAY 20, 2005, DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SURVIVING PASSENGER. INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO CLOUDS AND LOST VISUAL REFERENCE WITH THE GROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE CLOUDS THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MISS TREES BY ADDING POWER, BANKING AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB, ALL ATTEMPTS FAILED. DUE TO THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THIS REPORT IS AMENDED TO REFLECT THAT INFORMATION.

## 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 ANC04LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA098), Aug 28, 2004: de Havilland DHC-3 (N197TT), McGrath, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, his continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. Factors contributing to…

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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