# Accident 20060921022569A: Dhav U6A, Kodiak, AK, September 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2006, 13:15 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6017° N, 153.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6017&lon=-153.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5154G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5154G-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A (registry code 2800105, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV U6A
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,770 total, 1,860 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060921022569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:15 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOAT EQUIPPED DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 AIRPLANE, N5154G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED MARSHY WATER COVERED TERRAIN ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF KODIAK ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) BUSINESS FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY SPORTSMAN'S LODGE, ANCHORAGE ALASKA. THERE WERE SIX PERSONS ON BOARD, THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE FLIGHT WAS RETURNING TO THE OPERATORS REMOTE FISHING LODGE LOCATED NEAR IGUGIG, ALASKA. THREE OF THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT AFTER LANDING IN A NARROW STREAM, THE GROUP FISHED UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATED TO A POINT THAT THE PILOT SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RETURN TO THE LODGE SOONER THAN PLANNED.

## 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 ANC06FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA136), Sep 21, 2006: de Havilland DHC-2 (N5154G), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering to reverse direction, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and an uncontrolled descent. Factors associated with the accident were…

## Other reports on N5154G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790812018559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790812018559A), Aug 12, 1979: Dhav DHC2/ (N5154G), Mcgratti, AK, Substantial damage. Made water takeoff, acft settled into trees after clearing shoreline. Pilot claims wind shift & downdraft are factor

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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