# Accident 20070816021239A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Ketchikan, AK, August 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K5WA
- Location: 55.7000° N, 131.6333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.7000&lon=-131.6333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345KA-2012-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (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 R985AN14B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 467 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07MA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07MA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070816021239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING THE CLIMB PHASE OF THE TAKE OFF THE PILOT EXECUTED A LEFT TURN TO AVOID RISING TERRAIN AND WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES.

## 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 ANC07MA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07MA083), Aug 17, 2007: de Havilland DHC-2 (N345KA), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: An inadvertent aerodynamic stall resulting from the pilot's poor decision-making and inadequate planning and execution when he took off toward nearby rising terrain, in strong winds, under…

## Other reports on N345KA (2)

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

- [Accident 20000717042209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000717042209A), Jul 17, 2000: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N345KA), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 17, 2000, the PIC flying a float equipped DHC-2, attempted a takeoff from the alexander river creek. The aircraft had no passengers or cargo…
- [Incident 19940529025809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940529025809I), May 29, 1994: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N345KA), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Lost control on water takeoff. Aborted. Ended up on south shore.

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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