# Accident 20160808024929A: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, Iliamna, AK, August 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2016, 16:51 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Na
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.1008° N, 145.5297° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1008&lon=-145.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95RC) (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
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 7
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 9,780 total, 535 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC16LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160808024929A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN TRIED  TO TAKE OFF FROM CROSSWIND LAKE WITH 7 PEOPLE IN A DHC-2 BEAVER, WIND WAS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST GUSTING 25 KNOTS.  AIRCRAFT RAN INTO OPPOSITE BANK WITHOUT GETTING AIRBORNE.  AIRMAN FORGOT TO LOWER HIS FLAPS FOR TAKE OFF.

A VIDEO TAKEN AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF VERIFIES THAT AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF THE FLAPS WERE IN THE UP POSITON.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF RUNNING INTO THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF CROSSWIND LAKE, CATAPULTING INTO THE AIR AND IMPACTING A SMALL HILL 100 YARDS FROM INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT.

ALL 7 OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE HOSPITALIZED.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGER WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 ANC16LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA054), Aug 9, 2016: De Havilland Beaver DHC-2 (N95RC), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to perform the takeoff despite calculations showing that the distance available was inadequate, which resulted in impact with terrain.

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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