# Incident 20130815017879I: Dehavilland DHC-3, Kenai, AK, August 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2013, 07:06 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ITDC
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE 331-10R-511C
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,278 total, 4,973 in this make and model, 351 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130815017879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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