# Accident 20110923023069A: Dehavilland DHC-3, Kodiak, AK, September 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2011, 03:30 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T72C
- Location: 57.6853° N, 152.5092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.6853&lon=-152.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N361TT-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, 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 DHC-3
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE 331
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110923023069A

## Narrative

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

INFORMATION GAINED FROM AN INTERVIEW OF A SURVIVING PASSENGER INDICATED THE PILOT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO HEITMAN LAKE TO GO FISHING AFTER DELIVERING CARGO TO OLD HARBOR.  THE PILOT THEN REMEMBERED THAT A PASSENGER HAD BOARDED AT OLD HARBOR AND THAT THEY COULD NOT GO FISHING BECAUSE THE PASSENGER WAS GOING TO KODIAK.  THE PILOT THEN LEVELED OFF OVER THE LAKE AND FLEW THE LENGTH OF THE LAKE TOWARD A NOTCH IN THE TERRAIN WHERE THE LAKE DRAINED INTO A STREAM.  THE TERRAIN AT EACH SIDE OF THE NOTCH WAS LESS THAN 100 FEET ABOVE THE LAKE LEVEL, AND BEYOND THAT POINT THE TERRAIN WAS LOWER THAN THE LAKE.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR.  THERE WAS A SMALL TREE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOTCH THAT CONTACTED THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 18" FROM THE WINGTIP.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE PILOT LOOKED SHOCKED AND SURPRISED, THEN ABRUPTLY PULLED UP AND AWAY FROM THE OBJECT IN A NOSE-HIGH RIGHT TURN.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE SHUDDERED AND SHOOK, AND THEN THE NOSE DROPPED.  THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND NOSE FIRST AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE POINT OF IMPACT.  THE PILOT WAS KILLED AND TWO PASSENGERS SURVIVED.

## 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 ANC11FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA107), Sep 24, 2011: Dehavilland DHC-3T (N361TT), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree during a low altitude maneuver and his failure to maintain control of the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s use of…

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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