# Incident 20120722016879I: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), Talkeetna, AK, July 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2012, 12:45 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EMWC
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93DG) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722016879I

## Narrative

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

7/22/2012 AT 12:40 P.M. PIC TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 18 AT THE TALKEETNA STATE AIRPORT, PERFORMED A RUN-UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE.PIC ADDED TAKE-OFF POWER AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE LOST POWER WHEN 100 FEET IN THE AIR AT 12:45 P.M.  PIC PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT AND ROLLED INTO THE RUN-OFF AREA AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING.  PIC TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT TO AVOID GOING INTO THE DITCH. PASSENGERS WERE IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED AND PIC GRABBED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN CASE WHILE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.   THE ENGINE WAS SMOKING AND THERE WAS NO FIRE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS AND NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE.  PASSENGERS WERE ESCORTED BACK TO THE AIR SERVICE.N93DG WAS TOWED WITH A PICK-UP TRUCK BACK TO THE AIR SERVICE.  WE CLOSED OUR FLIGHT PLAN WITH TALKEETNA FSS AND NOTIFIED POI AND PMI OF THE FAA AND UPON RECOMMENDATION NOTIFIED ROC OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N93DG (1)

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

- [Incident 20151116022699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151116022699I), Nov 16, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (N93DG), Tka, AK, Minor damage. 11/18/2015 Pilot was called by customer to fly to sockeye lake to drop one pax and some freight. Customer told the pilot that he had drilled 6 or more holes in…

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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