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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · Deer Harbor, WA · December 12, 2019

Date: December 12, 2019 · 13:45 local
Place: Deer Harbor, WA
Airport: Deer Harbor
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: GJRA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17598
Reported as: Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,238 total

N17598Registered now · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1S/N 1129 · Built 1958 Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot completed a crosswind landing in acceptable conditions and

Encountered an unforecast and unforseeable gust while proceeding with a step taxi to the dock. Airman used full control deflection but was unable to counteract the force of the gust. This caused the aircraft to roll to

The right and the right wing tip tank impacted the water causing minor

Damage to the wing tip tank. Pilot-in-command and occupants report that

No injuries occurred.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT COMPLETED A CROSSWIND LANDING IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS AND

ENCOUNTERED AN UNFORECAST AND UNFORSEEABLE GUST WHILE PROCEEDING WITH A STEP TAXI TO THE DOCK. AIRMAN USED FULL CONTROL DEFLECTION BUT WAS UNABLE TO COUNTERACT THE FORCE OF THE GUST. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL TO

THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK IMPACTED THE WATER CAUSING MINOR

DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP TANK. PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND OCCUPANTS REPORT THAT

NO INJURIES OCCURRED.