# Incident 20060529009789I: Dhav DHC2MK1, Juneau, AK, May 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2006, 19:35 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KJLA
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90AK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 25 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060529009789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 5/29/2006, APPROX 1935 ADT, A DHC-2 SEAPLANE, N90AK, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN, DURING TAKEOFF AND WHILE ON THE STEP, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO YAW LEFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE BEACH AT THE TAKU RIVER LODGE, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VFR, ON-DEMAND CHARTER, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 135. THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND VFR COMPANY FLIGHT-FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO YAW TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO ARREST THE YAW. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO RUDDER INPUTS AND CONTINUED TO YAW LEFT. AS HE APPROACHED THE DOCKING AREA AND COLLISION WITH THE DOCK BECAME IMMINENT, HE RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO AVOID THE DOCK. THE AIRCRAFT AVOIDED THE DOCK, RAN UP ONTO THE BEACH, AND CONTACTED SMALL TREES ALIGNING THE SHORELINE. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FLOAT CONSISTS OF A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 12" BY 10" IN THE FORWARD COMPARTMENT AND IT IS BUCKLED UPWARD WITH A CORRESPONDING CREASE IN THE SHEET METAL. MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OCCURRED FROM CONTACT WITH SMALLTREES.

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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