# Accident 20140626010489A: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), Koliganek, AK, June 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2014, 21:45 local time
- Place: Koliganek, AK
- Airport: Koliganek
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7268° N, 157.2603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOLIGANEK (JZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7268&lon=-157.2603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115CX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115CX) (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-AN-14B (registry code 51654, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-14b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
- Reported engine: P & W R-985-AN-14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,090 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140626010489A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS FOLLOWING A COMPANY BOAT DOWNSTREAM ON THE MULCHATNA RIVER.THE AIRMAN DEPARTED THE RIVER IN A DHC-2 AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS.  AFTER LIFTOFF THE AIRMAN LOST SIGHT OF THE BOATER. THE AIRCRAFT  SETTLED DOWN TOWARDS THE WATER STRIKING THE BOATER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE VICTIM WAS MEDEVACED TO ANCHORAGE AND IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION .

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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