# Accident 20190528005359A: Dehavilland DHC-2, Los Banos, CA, May 28, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: San Luis Resevoir
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0381° N, 121.1181° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0381&lon=-121.1181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N501J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 (registry code 2808001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2
- Reported engine: P & W R-985-AN-14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,560 total, 111 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190528005359A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500, N501J A DEHAVILLAND (DHC-2) ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON THE SAN LUIS RESEVOIR AND UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON THE WATER SURFACE THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND WAS SUBMERGED UPSIDE DOWN IN THE WATER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THE AIRCRAFT AND SWIM TO SAFETY.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR / WHEELS WERE EXTENDED WHEN THE WATER LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKE OFF FROM A PAVED RUNWAY AIRPORT AND THE LANDING GEAR / WHEELS HAD NOT BEEN RETRACTED AFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 GAA19CA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA108), May 28, 2019: De Havilland DHC 2 (N501J), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the amphibious float's landing gear wheels before landing on the water. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to use the after takeoff and before landing…

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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