# Incident 20140609009379I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, Metlakatla, AK, June 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2014, 15:30 local time
- Place: Metlakatla, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W0PA
- Location: 55.1146° N, 131.5556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Metlakatla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.1146&lon=-131.5556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5595M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5595M) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,206 total, 126 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140609009379I

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATED HE DETERMINED THE WIND DIRECTION WAS W/SW AT 15MPH GUSTING TO APPROXIMATELY 25MPH AND HE ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A DEPARTURE INTO THE WIND. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSITIONING ONTO THE STEP A WIND GUST FROM THE LEFT LIFTED THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT AIRBORNE AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP ONLY.

## Other reports on N5595M (1)

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

- [Accident 19890624017439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890624017439A), Jun 24, 1989: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N5595M), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Engine failed on approach to water landing. Crashed into trees. Both mags rusty, weak spark, one inoperative.

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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