# Accident 20040923024249A: Bnorm BN2A, Kodiak, AK, September 23, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2004, 11:00 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENEC
- Location: 58.5667° N, 153.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5667&lon=-153.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6522T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6522T-2006-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN-2A (registry code 1520204, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 330 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040923024249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2004, ABOUT 11:00 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, N6522T, A BN-2A AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE TAKING OFF FROM AN UNIMPROVED BEECH NEAR HALLOW BAY, ALASKA, APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF KODIAK, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VFR AND 14 CFR PART 135, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT FOR HOMER AIR INC., IN HOMER ALASKA. THERE WERE 2 MINOR INJURIES (ONE WAS THE PILOT) AND ONE SERIOUS INJURY. DURING A MEETING WITH THE PILOT AND THE FAA IIC ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2004, AT THE HOMER AIR INC. OFFICE IN HOMER, ALASKA, THE PILOT STATED THAT BEFORE DEPARTING HOMER HE CALLED THE LODGE LOCATED NEAR THE BEECH RUNWAY AND REQUESTED THE WEATHER, THE WIND WAS REPORTED OUT OF THE MW AT 15, UPON LANDING THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE WIND WAS INCREASING. AFTER LOADING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT REALIZED THAT THE WIND HAD INCREASED FURTHER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND WAS CLIMBING OUT WHEN IT WAS HIT BY A GUST THAT FORCED THE LEFT WING INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 ANC04LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA113), Sep 23, 2004: Britten-Norman BN-2A (N6522T), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with terrain during…

## Other reports on N6522T (1)

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

- [Accident 19981016029499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981016029499A), Oct 16, 1998: Bnorm BN2A (N6522T), English Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Air taxi struck the wing tip of a parked Cessna acft,(.19) on October 16, 1998, at 1555 Alaska daylight time, a britten-norman BN-2A airplane, N6522T,…

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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