# Accident 20080722843169A: Dhav DHC3, Iliamna, AK, July 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2008, 13:30 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7539° N, 154.9111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7539&lon=-154.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA S3H1G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080722843169A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TAKE-OFF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INFORMED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT WAS TRAILING SMOKE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW THAT HE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE RAPIDLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN INITIATED AND EMERGENCY LANDING, HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE LAKE WITH OUT STALLING THE AIRCRAFT, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE ILLIAMNA AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ROAD, THE AIRCRAFT HAD SLID APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 225 YARDS WHEN THE AIRCAFTS LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO START YAWING TO THE LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY 250 TO 275 YARDS THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO THE DITCH AND CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.

## 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 ANC08LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA089), Jul 22, 2008: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N61FE), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the separation of the number 8 cylinder from the engine, which separated an oil line, resulting in a loss of oil and oil pressure. Contributing to the accident was…

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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