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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-3 · Kenai, AK · August 15, 2013

Date
August 15, 2013 · 07:06 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Airport
Kenai
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ITDC
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N252TA
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-3
Reported engine
Garrett TPE-331-10R-511C
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,278 total4,973 in this make and model351 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After normal takeoff from L85 and during climb thru 1900 ft engine and propellor assembly vibrated violently. Pilot shutdown engine, declared an emergency and landed in Kenai muni seaplane channel.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER NORMAL TAKEOFF FROM L85 AND DURING CLIMB THRU 1900 FT ENGINE AND PROPELLOR ASSEMBLY VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN KENAI MUNI SEAPLANE CHANNEL.