# Accident 20110821018149A: Grumman G-44, Dillingham, AK, August 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2011, 08:10 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BPMC
- Location: 59.0447° N, 158.5056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0447&lon=-158.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139F-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-44 (registry code 3951502, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-44
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110821018149A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/21/2011, GRUMMAN G-44, N139F, WAS ENROUTE TO DILLINGHAM AIRPORT (PADL) FROM THE GCI LODGE LOCATED ON LAKE NERKA APPROXIMATELY 40.6 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLINGHAM ALASKA.  GRUMMAN N139F IS OPERATED BY FRESH WATER ADVENTURES INC., HOLDER OF FAA OPERATING CERTIFICATE NUMBER BPMC382T.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HOLDER OF AN FAA AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THOUSAND FLIGHT HOURS EXPERIENCE, WAS CONDUCTING AN ON DEMAND FLIGHT OPERATION IN COMMON CARRIAGE PURSUANT TO 14 CFR PART 119.21(A)(5) WITH THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS HULLED AIRCRAFT.UPON LANDING AT DILLINGHAM AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 19 AT APPROXIMATELY 1710Z, GRUMMAN N139F ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE LEFT, GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FIVE FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY.  THE SOLE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING TIPS, LEFT AND RIGHT FLOAT/OUTRIGGER STRUTS AND THE LEFT AILERON.WEATHER DATA FOR PADL AT 1655Z WAS WINDS FIVE KNOTS FROM TWO HUNDRED THIRTY DEGREES, VISIBILITY TWENTY STATUTE MILES, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT SIX THOUSAND FEET, BROKEN CLOUDS AT EIGHT THOUSAND FEET, TEMPERATURE ELEVEN DEGREES CELSIUS, DEWPOINT TEN DEGREES CELSIUS AND ALTIMETER 29.26 INCHES OF MERCURY.  THE PILOT REPORTS THAT THE RUNWAY WAS STILL DAMP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION BUT THAT THE RUNWAY CONDITION WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC11LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA084), Aug 21, 2011: Grumman G-44 (N139F), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control during landing due to a rock lodged in the main landing gear wheel brake, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N139F (3)

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

- [Accident 20121007028529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121007028529A), Oct 7, 2012: Grumman G-44 (N139F), Dillingham, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft was attempting to make a water landing to pick up passenger. Aircraft circled island multiple times. On this attempt aircraft entered a left bank turn…
- [Accident 19980902022179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980902022179A), Sep 2, 1998: Gulstm G44 (N139F), Dilligham, AK, Substantial damage. Freshwater adventures air taxi crashed en route and sustained subst. Damage other cirucmstances are unknown. (.19)on September 2, 1998, about 1002 Alaska…
- [Accident 19950610017849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950610017849A), Jun 10, 1995: Gulstm G44 (N139F), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Fuel depleted left engine. Improper crossfeed procedure. Right engine quit also. Landed amphibian in small lake.

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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