# Incident 20120623012189I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, Mill Valley, CA, June 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2012, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mill Valley, CA
- Airport: Commodore Center Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 271J
- Location: 37.8789° N, 122.5127° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Commodore Center Seaplane Base (22CA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8789&lon=-122.5127&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5220G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5220G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (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 MK.1
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120623012189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TAKE OFF FROM WATER, AT SAN FRANCISCO SEAPLANE SEA BASE.THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED NORMALLY STRAIGHT AHEAD AND UPON REACHING ABOUT 100' OF ALTITUDE THE AIRSPEED DROPPED OVER 20 (+) KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED RAPIDLY AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH THE LEFT SIDE TAKING MOST OF THE IMPACT. DAMAGE TO FLOAT STRUTS AND LEFT ELEVATOR.

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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