# Incident 20160826017509I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, Naknek, AK, August 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2016, 16:45 local time
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T52C
- Location: 58.7283° N, 157.0139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naknek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7283&lon=-157.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N698TK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N698TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2) (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
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 565 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160826017509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CHOSE TO TAXI ON EMPTY TANK AND THEN SWITCH TO FULL TANK ON TAKEOFF. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DISTRACTED HIM DURING HIS CK LIST AND HE FORGOT TO SWITCH BACK TO THE FULL TANK FOR TAKEOFF. THIS DISTRACTION AS WELL AS THE UNWISE  DECISION TO SWITCH TO THE AFT TANK FOR THE LONG TAXI, WAS WHAT LED TO FUEL STARVATION WITHIN AN ESTIMATED 5 TO 7 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLANE LANDED HARD ON THE WATER AND SLID INTO A SWAMP. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS WHILE LANDING AND THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN BUT TOO LATE. LIMITED DAMAGE TO THE  RIGHT WING TIP AND FLOATS.

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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