# Incident 20091207857339I: Dehavilland DHC-3, Talkeetna, AK, December 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2009, 13:15 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TL7C
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N565TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N565TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091207857339I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF PILOT HIT AND BENT TAXIWAY LIGHT STANCHION WITH SKI. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N565TA (1)

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

- [Accident 20080428836009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080428836009A), Apr 28, 2008: Dhav DHC3 (N565TA), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed a ski-equipped DHC-3 otter in 4 feet of new snow on a glacier landing strip. During left hand taxiing turn the tail ski dropped into the…

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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