# Accident 20110528025039A: Dehavilland DHC-3, Bettles, AK, May 28, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2011, 16:40 local time
- Place: Bettles, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LCWC
- Location: 67.9167° N, 153.1333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.9167&lon=-153.1333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110528025039A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED; THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, HE CORRECTED RIGHT, BUT HAD INSUFFICENT RUDDER AND BRAKE TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HIT A BOX OF EQUIPMENT AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE FUEL CACHE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUSBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES. PTRS #201102432

## 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 ANC11LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA048), May 28, 2011: Dehavilland DHC-3T (N87AW), Bettles Field, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for the landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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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