# Accident 20160805022892A: Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III, Wasilla, AK, August 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2016, 13:40 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5697° N, 149.5461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5697&lon=-149.5461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III (registry code 2808005, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC 2 MK III
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805022892A

## Narrative

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

N30CC A DHC-2 MK III OPERATED BY FLY DENALI (A3WC) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING THE AIRPLANE PART 91 FROM LEISUREWOOD AIRSTRIP (9AK6) OVER TO WASILLA AIRPORT FOR FUEL AND ON UP TO HEALY AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN MADE TWO RADIO CALLS- ONE FIVE MILES OUT AND TWO -ENTERING LEFT BASE FOR 04 AT WASILLA. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY A CESSNA 205 FLEW OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BETA RANGE AND PUSHED FOR THE GROUND. THE EMPENAGE OF THE CESSNA 205 IMPACTED THE DHC-2 PROPELLER. THE CESSNA 205 NOSED OVER HITTING THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND SLID TO A STOP. THE DHC-2 VEERED OFF THE LEFTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A LOCAL WITNESS OBSERVED THE DHC-2 LANDING AND THE CESSNA 205 TURNING FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME LANDING ON TOP OF THE DHC-2. THE CESSNA 205 WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD BEEN CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CESSNA 205 RADIO WAS INTERMITTENT AND THEREFORE THE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE AIRPLANES DID NOT TRANSPIRE. NEITHER  AIRMAN WAS AWARE THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 IN WASILLA.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1839Z, Cessna 210-5: [Accident 20160805022902A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805022902A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC16FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16FA052), Aug 5, 2016: Dehavilland DHC 2 (N30CC), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other while landing at a non-tower-controlled airport, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the absence of radio…

## Other reports on N30CC (1)

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

- [Accident 19990529005959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529005959A), May 29, 1999: Dhav DHC2MK3 (N30CC), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Hard landing. (-23) the aircraft was on short final to runway 31 at lake Hood strip. The engine might have been surging a little bit. The student was a little…

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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