# Accident 20060915020299A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Skwentna, AK, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 00:15 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5806° N, 152.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5806&lon=-152.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N836KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N836KA-2009-11-23) (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 DHC2MK1
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915020299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 ABOUT 1620 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOAT EQUIPPED DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 AIRPLANE, N836KA, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT THE 2700 FT LEVEL OF MYSTIC PASS, 54 MILES NORTHWEST OF SKWENTNA, ALASKA. THE FLIGHTS OF TWO AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A HUNTING CAMP ON THE WAY TO ANCHORAGE, ALASKA AND ELECTED TO FLY THROUGH MYSTIC PASS. ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN OF THE NON ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, THE WEATHER AND VISIBILITY DETERIORATED TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DISCERN TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES WHILE IN THE PASS. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT ELECTED TO TURN AROUND AND NOTIFIED THE OTHER PILOT BY RADIO. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT TRANSMISSION WAS IN PART, "TURN AROUND IF YOU CAN....I AM NOT ABLE TO." ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2006, AN FAA INSPECTOR VISITED THE SITE AND HIS INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS MOST LIKELY CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (CFIT).

## 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 ANC06FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA131), Sep 16, 2006: de Havilland DHC-2 (N836KA), Skwentna, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain. A factor associated with the accident was a low cloud…

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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