# Accident 20090220046779A: Dehavilland DHC MK II, Kenai, AK, February 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2009, 15:15 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5667° N, 151.2333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5667&lon=-151.2333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5342G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5342G-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A (registry code 2800105, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC MK II
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220046779A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2009, ABOUT 1515 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A WHEEL/SKI-EQUIPPED DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 (BEAVER) AIRPLANE, N5342G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF FROM A REMOTE FROZEN LAKE, ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KENAI, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) LOCAL AREA PROFICIENCY/INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL INC. (CAP), ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE THREE PEOPLE ABOARD, THE FIRST PILOT, A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT, THE SECOND PILOT, SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT, AND A PILOT-RATED PASSENGER, WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND CAP FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE KENAI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KENAI, ABOUT 1445. DURING A INTERVIEW WITH AN AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, ON FEBRUARY 25, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FAMILIARIZE THE SECOND PILOT WITH WHEEL/SKI OPERATIONS OF A DE HAVILLAND DHC-2 AIRPLANE. HE SAID THAT AFTER THE SECOND PILOT COMPLETED A SERIES OF TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON THE FROZEN LAKE, HE TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO DEMONSTRATE THE NEXT LANDING AND TAKEOFF. HE SAID THAT AFTER LANDING HE APPLIED FULL ENGINE POWER FOR TAKEOFF, BUT THE AIRPLANE FAILED TO CLIMB, AND IT COLLIDED WITH A STAND OF TREES AT THE EDGE OF THE LAKE. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND   EMPENNAGE. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY IS THE KENAI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. AT 1453, AN AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM WAS REPORTING, IN PART: WIND, 190 DEGREES (TRUE) AT 3 KNOTS, VISIBILITY, 10 STATUTE MILES; CLEAR; TEMPERATURE, 31 DEGREES F; DEW POINT, 21 DEGREES F; ALTIMETER, 30.51 INHG.

## 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 ANC09LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA022), Feb 20, 2009: Dehavilland DHC-2 / U-6A (N5342G), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to attempt a touch-and-go landing toward rising terrain and with a tailwind, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain during takeoff.

## Other reports on N5342G (1)

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

- [Accident 19870809043219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870809043219A), Aug 9, 1987: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N5342G), Elmendorf Afb, AK, Substantial damage. Demonstrating a no flap takeoff from glassy water a mistake on part of the CFI. Aircraft struck trees and the 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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