# Accident 20060125001579A: Aerovd L39MS, Ketchikan, AK, January 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2006, 12:50 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3583° N, 131.6958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3583&lon=-131.6958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104XX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104XX-2016-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L-39MS (registry code 056113X, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l-39ms) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L39MS
- Reported engine: DV2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060125001579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N104XX WAS ON THE ILS/DME RWY 11 AT KETCHIKAN INTERNATIONAL (KTN) PILOT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE REQUESTED A CONTACT APPROACH TO CIRCLE TO RWY 29. APPARENTLY DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MDA (2500-3) AN EYEWITNESS REPORTS SEEING THE AIRCRAFT CONTACT THE WATER ABEAM PENINSULA POINT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER THREE TIMES WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED THEN WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A BUILDING. ANOTHER EYEWITNESS REPORTS SEEING THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING FROM THE CLOUDS IN A WINGS LEVEL NOSE UP ATTITUDE THEN OBSERVED A PARACHUTE THAT FOLLOWED THE TRACK OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE CRASH SITE.                    (-23 AMENDMENT) N104XX WAS ON THE ILS/DME RWY 11 AT KETCHIKAN INTERNATIONAL (KTN) PILOT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE REQUESTED A CONTACT APPROACH OR A CIRCLING APPROACH FOR RWY 29. APPARENTLY DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MDA (2700-3) AS AN EYEWITNESS REPORTS SEEING THE AIRCRAFT CONTACT THE WATER THREE TIMES ABEAM PENINSULA POINT. THE AIRCRAFT, PER EYEWITNESS REPORT, STRUCK THE WATER THREE TIMES WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED THEN WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A BUILDING. ANOTHER EYEWITNESS REPORTS SEEING THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING FROM THE CLOUDS IN A WINGS LEVEL NOSE UP ATTITUDE THEN OBSERVED A PARACHUTE THAT FOLLOWED THE TRACK OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 ANC06FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA018), Jan 25, 2006: Aero Vodochody L-39MS (N104XX), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow published instrument landing procedures and his descent below approach minimums during an IFR circle to land approach, which resulted in the airplane striking the ocean…

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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