# Incident 20170801017909I: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), Ketchikan, AK, August 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Waterfall Resort
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TQ0A
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92AK) (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 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,050 total, 1,800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170801017909I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS OPERATED AS A PART 135 FLIGHT WITH 5 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  PILOT DEPARTED THE DOCK AT WATERFALL RESORT AND FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE WIND DIRECTION.  ON TAKEOFF, THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO A STRONG TAILWIND.  AS PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF RUN, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WINGTIP STRUCK THE WATER.

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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