# Accident 20100523005899A: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-, Anchorage, AK, May 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2010, 20:35 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Figure Eight Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3003° N, 150.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3003&lon=-150.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4793C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4793C-2017-03-21) (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: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 325 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523005899A

## Narrative

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

THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS GIVING SEA PLANE INSTRUCTION TO THE SES RATED PILOT WHO OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT. THE PILOT RECEIVING THE INSTRUCTION WAS PRACTICING A CROSSWIND WATER LANDING AND TAKEOFF IN A LIGHT TO MODERATE CROSSWIND, WHEN ONE FLOAT TIP DUG INTO THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN SHARPLY WITH THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT GOING INVERTED INTO THE WATER. ALL THREE OCCUPANTS ESCAPED SUCCESSFULLY AND AWAITED PICK UP BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TRAINING IN THE AREA.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT OR THE REAR SEAT OBSERVER.

## 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 ANC10LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA044), May 24, 2010: Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The commercial pilot’s loss of airplane control while landing in a crosswind, resulting in a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the check pilot's inadequate supervision of the commercial…

## Other reports on N4793C (1)

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

- [Accident 20010419039819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419039819A), Apr 19, 2001: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) During a telephone conversation with the pilot on August 1, 2001, he told this inspector that as he was returning from a flight in a DHC-2, he 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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