# Accident 20050127001719A: Dhav DHC6, Toksook Bay, AK, January 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2005, 10:20 local time
- Place: Toksook Bay, AK
- Airport: Toksook Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 60.5414° N, 165.0872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5414&lon=-165.0872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201EH-2006-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,665 total, 5,377 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050127001719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE THE APPROACH TO THE TOKSOOK BAY AIRPORT DUE TO WIND CONDITIONS WITH 10-DEGREE FLAPS, DUE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 20-25 KTS CROSSWIND. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ON WHAT THE PILOT EXPECTED WAS GOOD RUNWAY CONDITIONS DUE TO THAT MORNINGS REPORT BY THE VILLAGE AGENT ONLY SAID "GOOD". THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL AND AFTER ABOUT A 400 FT ROLL-OUT, HE PUT THE PROPELLERS INTO REVERSE TO FURTHER SLOW DOWN TO STOP AND AT THIS POINT A VIOLENT GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO QUICKLY YAW TO THE LEFT AND BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY. THIS IS WHEN HE FIRST REALIZED THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH A CLEAR COAT OF ICE. THE AIRCRAFT SLID PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE, THEN THE RIGHT WHEEL CAUGHT A SNOW BERM AND THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY SWUNG TO THE RIGHT, CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO SHEAR OFF. THE AIRCRAFT ALSO ROLLED ENOUGH TO THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRIKD THE SNOW BERM, AND RIGHT WING TIP TO BRUSH THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH BOTH MAIN WHEELS ON THE GROUND AND THE CREW EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS THROUGH THE NORMAL EXIT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CREW OR THE PASSENGERS. THE PILOT HAD LANDED THERE THE PREVIOUS DAY AND THE RUNWAY WAS BARE GRAVEL.

## 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 ANC05LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA025), Jan 27, 2005: de Havilland DHC-6-200 (N201EH), Toksook Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty crosswind wind condition, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll, and the collapse of the nose landing gear. Factors associated…

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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