# Accident 20050822022609A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Togiak, AK, August 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2005, 16:40 local time
- Place: Togiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4233° N, 159.8133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4233&lon=-159.8133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5333G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,767 total, 1,689 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050822022609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT TAXIED UPSTREAM TO A POINT WHERE HE JUDGED HE WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT AREA FOR TAKEOFF, AND BEGAN THE TAKEOFF RUN. THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT REACHED FLYING SPEED AT THE PILOT'S PRE-COMPUTED GO/NO GO POINT BUT HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THE AIRSPEED AT THAT POINT WAS CLOSE TO TARGET AND HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD FLY. BEFORE ACHIEVING FLYING SPEED A BEND IN THE RIVER WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PILOT MAINTAINED POWER AND ATTEMPTED A STEP TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRPLANE SKIPPED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE TURN AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK VEGETATION ON THE RIVER BANK. THE AIRCRAFT THEN YAWED INTO THE BANK AND HALF ROLLED TO A STOP ON 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 ANC05LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA129), Aug 23, 2005: de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (N5333G), Aleknagik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted in a loss of control during the takeoff roll, and an encounter with high vegetation and a river bank. Factors associated with…

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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