# Incident 20091002050249I: Dehavilland DHC-2, Kakhonak, AK, October 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kakhonak, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N900NL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900NL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 (registry code 2808001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2) (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: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 7,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091002050249I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT TO A LOCATION MORE PROTECTED FROM THE WEATHER.   DOING SO REQUIRED GETTING ON THE "STEP" TO AVOID SHOALS AND GOING SO FAR OFF SHORE AS TO ENCOUNTER HIGH WAVES, ROUGH WATER AND HIGHER STRENGTH WINDS.  WHILE ON THE "STEP" THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST OR SHEAR THAT LIFTED THE RIGHT WING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRPLANE ROLLING 180 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMERGING INVERTED.

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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