# Incident 20200702005299I: Dehavilland DHC-2, Renton, WA, July 2, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2020, 21:00 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N620N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 (registry code 2808001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702005299I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 2, 2020, N620N,  A DCH-2 BEAVER AIRCRAFT POWERED BY A PRATT WHITNEY PT-6 TURBINE ENGINE AND EQUIPPED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS DEPARTED RENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RNT) AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL TIME. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE SKIES WERE CLEAR AND THE VISIBILITY WAS EXCELLENT, BUT A FAIRLY STRONG AND GUSTY WIND FROM THE SOUTH WAS ALSO NOTED. PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE MAJORITY OF THE FLIGHT, HE REMAINED WITHIN THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 16 AT RENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND AT ALL TIMES WERE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE RENTON AIRPORT TOWER. SINCE ALL NINE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WERE MADE TO THE RUNWAY AT RENTON, EACH OF THE LANDINGS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. PILOT ELECTED TO BOTH REDUCE COCKPIT WORKLOAD AND MINIMIZE CYCLES ON THE LANDING GEAR AND HYDRAULIC PUMP.

PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE NINTH TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT RENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE TOWER CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED N620N TO EXTEND THE DOWN WIND LEG TO ACCOMMODATE JET TRAFFIC. AFTER EXTENDING SEVERAL MILES NORTH PILOT REALIZED THAT THEY ARE NOW IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOME IN LAKE WASHINGTON, HENCE, THE DECISION TO PROCEED HOME BECAME MORE PRACTICAL RATHER THAN TO CONTINUE.  PILOT STATED THAT HE REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM THE TOWER CONTROLLER AT RENTON AIRPORT TO DEPART THE PATTERN AND LAND ON THE WATER. AFTER RECEIVING PERMISSION FROM THE CONTROL TOWER, PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO CONFIGURE THE AIRCRAFT FOR A WATER LANDING ON LAKE WASHINGTON BUT FAILED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR. CONSEQUENTLY, DURING TOUCH DOWN ON THE WATER THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND SUDDEN  ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN A TAIL-HIGH ATTITUDE ON THE WATER BEFORE ULTIMATELY GENTLY COMING TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NEITHER OF THE 2 SOB SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.

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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