# Accident 20120613012689A: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), Talkeetna, AK, June 13, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2012, 19:15 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERHA
- Location: 62.3500° N, 150.2833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3500&lon=-150.2833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121KT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (registry code 2808002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a) (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 DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,338 total, 287 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120613012689A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 13, 2012 AT 1908 ADT, N121KT TOOKOFF FROM TKA WHEN AT 1500 MSL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH ENGINE AND A LOSS OF POWER.  THE PILOT TURNED BACK TO TKA AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO RESTORE POWER.  THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN POORLY TO NOT AT ALL AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  PILOT CALLED TKA FSS TO REPORT THE EMERGENCY AND TO INFORM THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LAND ON A SAND BAR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CHULITNA RIVER.  THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER ON FINAL APPROACH.  THE PLANE BOUNCED OVER LOGS AND DITCHES AND HIT SOME SMALL SIX FOOT TALL TREES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP AT 1916 ADT.  DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT AS FOLLOWS: DENT ON TAIL LEADING EDGE, LT EVEVATOR WAS DISLODGED AND BENT SEVERELY, RT ELEVATOR WAS BENT SLIGHTLY, TAIL WHEEL WAS MISSING, WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN IN A WAY TO INDICATE THAT THE DOOR POSTS WERE BENT, LT SKI WAS BENT, BOTH MAIN GEARS WERE DEFLECTED OUTWARD.

## 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 ANC12LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA051), Jun 14, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-2 (N121KT), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power after departure due to the separation of an engine cylinder.

## Other reports on N121KT (1)

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

- [Accident 20121216028459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121216028459A), Dec 16, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (N121KT), Finger Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing aircraft N121KT at Finger Lake(pasw), near skwentna. The winds were gusty off the right front of the aircraft. At about 20 to 25 feet…

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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