# Incident 20120221002769I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, Kodiak, AK, February 21, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2012, 12:55 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RI9A
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47AK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,400 total, 702 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120221002769I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO BREAK IN A NEW ENGINE.  THE PILOT WANTED TO DO A FULL POWER TAKE OFF WITH THE ENGINE COMPLETELY WARMED UP SO HE HEADED FOR LONG ISLAND. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AREA AND NOTED THE REEF IN THE MIDDLE AND THE ROCKS NEAR SHORE.  AFTER LANDING HE TAXIED BACK TOWARDS THE BEACH. HE WAS CHECKING LOW IDLE AND REMARKED TO THE MECHANICS THAT IT WAS EXACTLY WHERE HE LIKED IT (THE ENGINE RPM).  HE WAS IN A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN WITH ALL PRE-TAKEOFF ITEMS COMPLETED.   FOR WHATEVER REASON HE FAILED TO REMEMBER THE ROCKS THAT EXTENDED OUT FROM SHORE AND RAN AGROUND.  ONCE FREE HE GOT BACK IN THE PLANE THINKING THERE COULD BE MINOR DAMAGE.  AS THE PLANE LISTED LEFT HE CALLED OPERATIONS FOR HELP KNOWING THE DAMAGE WAS WORSE THAN EXPECTED.  BY THE TIME HE RELAYED HIS POSITION THE LEFT WING WAS IN THE WATER AND WITHIN SECONDS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED LEFT.  THE PILOT WAS EXITING THE PLANE WHILE THE PLANE ROLLED UPSIDE DOWN.  THE TWO MECHANICS THAT WERE ALSO ON THE PLANE WERE ALREADY ON THE RIGHT FLOAT WHEN THE PLANE ROLLED.  THE PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND THE CAUSE RESTS SOLELY WITH HIM TAXIING OVER A SHARP REEF JUST BELOW THE SURFACE.      NOTE: MINOR DAMAGE WAS SELECTED DUE TO THE FACT THE NTSB CALLED THE DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE INCIDENT WAS THE HOLE IN THE FLOAT NOT WHAT THE TOTOAL COST OF REPAIR WAS.

## Other reports on N47AK (1)

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

- [Incident 19891122058999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891122058999I), Nov 22, 1989: Dhav DHC2* (N47AK), Hoonah, AK, Minor damage. Right wheel hit rocks and ice uncovered by grader on touchdown. Right gear pulled loose.

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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