# Incident 20110316008779I: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3, Talkeetna, AK, March 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2011, 15:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Whiskey Bravo Strip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JKGC
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3125N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3125N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2800202, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND OTTER DHC-3
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110316008779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED Z41 WITH 2000 LBS OF CARGO.  FLEW OVER WHISKEY BRAVO STRIP (5 MILES SOUTH LAKE PUNTILLA), UNEVENTFUL DOWNWIND, BASE, FINAL AND TOUCHDOWN.  NO WIND, NO PRECIPITATIONAS SOON AS TAILWHEEL SETTLED AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT.  LEFT MAIN WHEEL-SKI CONTACTED SNOW BERM ON EDGE OF NARROW STRIP AND SHARPLY TURNED AIRCRAFT PERPINDICULAR TO AIRSTRIP, PROP CONTACTED SNOW BERM.  PROP TIPS BENT AND ENGINE DAMAGED.   NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.CLOSED PENDING OPS REVIEW FOR 44709.

## Other reports on N3125N (8)

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

- [Incident 20200915014549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200915014549I), Sep 15, 2020: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N3125N), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. 9/15/2020 This was initially reported as an accident. At 1027 am local Alaska time a DHC-3 beaver, N3125N, registered to [privacy data omitted] made an…
- [Accident 20150604016319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604016319A), Jun 4, 2015: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3 (N3125N), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. June 4, 2015 approximately 1230 Alaska daylight time, a de havilland DHC-3 equipped with a Honeywell TPE331 turbine engine, experienced a vibration during…
- [Accident 20140530008689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530008689A), May 30, 2014: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3 (N3125N), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. After level off in cruise flight at approximately 5000 feet MSL in VMC turbulence/rain the pilot reported that there was a brief period of vibration in the…
- [Accident 20060902018599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902018599A), Sep 2, 2006: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Wainwright, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Tailwheel locked in unsafe position for landing. PIC failed to recognize condition too late to take corrective action. Aircraft left the runway causing…
- [Accident 19990427017329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990427017329A), Apr 27, 1999: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) On April 27, 1999, about 1315 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Dehavilland DHC-3 airplane, N3125N, sustained substantial damage during a landing…
- [Incident 19920715034649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920715034649I), Jul 15, 1992: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Engine started losing oil. Made an emergency off airport landing.
- [Incident 19890320013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320013649I), Mar 20, 1989: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Kenai, AK. Engine malfunction. Precautionary landing on a lake. Found cylinder rocker arm and cover cracked.
- [Accident 19880601019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601019739A), Jun 1, 1988: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Eagle, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing and ground looped off the runway down an embankment. Tail wheel unlocked.

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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