# Accident 20050906025749A: Dhav DHC2MKI, Igiugig, AK, September 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2005, 18:00 local time
- Place: Igiugig, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JKGC
- Location: 56.9594° N, 158.5801° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9594&lon=-158.5801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199BM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199BM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (registry code 2808002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a) (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 DHC2MKI
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050906025749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A DHC-2 BEAVER EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS ON A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT. HE ELECTED TO TAKE OFF ON A STRETCH OF THE ALAGNAK RIVER IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET OF USABLE DISTANCE. THERE WAS A GUSTY CONDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 KNOTS FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE OFF UP RIVER WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED AND GOT ON STEP NORMALLY BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO NORMAL TAKEOFF SPEED DUE TO A SWITCH IN WIND DIRECTION FROM A QUARTERING TO FULL TAILWIND. THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RIVER BANK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO INJURY.

## 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 ANC05CA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA137), Sep 7, 2005: deHavilland DHC-2 (N199BM), Igiugig, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff run when he was unable to lift one float off the water, which resulted in a subsequent collision with terrain. A factor contributing to the accident was a…

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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