# Accident 20190627008119A: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1, Ketchikan, AK, June 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2019, 09:45 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W0PA
- Location: 55.3519° N, 132.4919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3519&lon=-132.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1 (registry code 2808006, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-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 DHC-2 MK 1
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190627008119A

## Narrative

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

ON THURSDAY JUNE 27ST 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:45 AM, A DHC-2-MK1, N94DC REGISTERED TO V2 AVIATION LLC AND OPERATED BY PACIFIC AIRWAYS, INC., MADE A HARD WATER LANDING AT KETCHIKAN HARBOR SEAPLANE BASE (5KE).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PART 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT WITH FOUR PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT THAT WAS BEING REPOSITIONED FROM THE KETCHIKAN AIRPORT DOCK TO THE OPERATOR?S DOCK APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY.  THE ONLY INJURY REPORTED WAS MINOR FOR ONE PASSENGER WHO WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL SHORTLY AFTER ADMITTANCE.

THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ATP CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO HELD AMEL, ASES, ASEL AND GLIDER RATINGS.  THE PILOT RECORD SHOWS A TOTAL OF 4100 HOURS FLIGHT TIME WITH A CURRENT SECOND CLASS MEDICAL DATED 01/22/2019.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS SKY CLEAR WITH WIND VARIABLE AT 6 TO 8 KNOTS AND THE WATER CALM.

## 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 ANC19LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA028), Jun 27, 2019: De Havilland DHC-2 (N94DC), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a water loop.

## Other reports on N94DC (2)

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

- [Accident 19981018029559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981018029559A), Oct 18, 1998: Dhav DHC2* (N94DC), Chitina, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed on takeofff and sustained substantial damage. (.4) the airplane was taking off when the engine quit at the departure end of the airstrip…
- [Accident 19821218064979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821218064979A), Dec 18, 1982: Dhav DHC2* (N94DC), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. After touchdown and during landing roll out, right ski sank into deep snow and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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