# Accident 20100723041199A: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-, Ketchikan, AK, July 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2010, 07:25 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W0PA
- Location: 55.4006° N, 131.7364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.4006&lon=-131.7364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9290Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9290Z-2011-05-17) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100723041199A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HOLDING VFR,  AWAITING SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE INTO THE  KETCHIKAN  AIRPORT CLASS E AIRSPACE, ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VERY GUSTY WINDS OF 30+ KNOTS AND STRONG DOWNDRAFTS.  AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY A WITNESS, ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF WARD COVE (WARD COVE CANNERY DOCK), ROLLING AND PITCHING AT A LOW ALTITUDE ( ESTIMATED 150-200 FT.) OVER THE WATER, PROCEEDING TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE SHORELINE AND TREE COVERED RISING TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO OUT CLIMB THE RISING TERRAIN.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE TOPS OF THREE TREES WHICH CAUSED THE WING TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ROLLING IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT; 90DEGREES OR MORE THEN WENT OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND THE TREES WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEARLY INVERTED.

## 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 ANC10FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10FA064), Jul 23, 2010: Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (N9290Z), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the flight toward his destination in significant turbulence and downdrafts, and his subsequent failure to maintain control of the airplane while flying low over…

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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