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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 · Beluga Lake, AK · September 4, 2011

Date
September 4, 2011 · 20:55 local
Place
Beluga Lake, AK
Airport
Beluga Lake
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63562
Reported as
Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,284 total330 in this make and model78 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed at off airport location near Beluga Lake, AK. After survey of the area he decided to relocate. During fast taxi he hit a unknown soft spot, one not visible to the naked eye and flipped the aircraft nose over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT OFF AIRPORT LOCATION NEAR BELUGA LAKE, AK. AFTER SURVEY OF THE AREA HE DECIDED TO RELOCATE. DURING FAST TAXI HE HIT A UNKNOWN SOFT SPOT, ONE NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE OVER.