# Incident 20200915014549I: Dehavilland DHC-3, King Salmon, AK, September 15, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 15, 2020, 10:27 local time - Place: King Salmon, AK - Airport: Naknek Lake - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: ENFA - Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10 - Aircraft: N3125N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3125N) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2800202, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 - Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES - People aboard: 7 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 500 in this make and model - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200915014549I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 9/15/2020 THIS WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS AN ACCIDENT. AT 1027 AM LOCAL ALASKA TIME A DHC-3 BEAVER, N3125N, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING IN NAKNEK LAKE NEAR KING SALMON ALASKA.. THE REPORT INITIALLY STATED STRUT FAILURE WHILE AIRBORNE LEADING TO THE UNSCHEDULED LANDING. 7 ON BOARD NO INJURIES REPORTED. EXTENT OF DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NTSB IS REPORTABLY ENROUTE TO THE SCENE BUT OUT OF CELL PHONE COVERAGE. AWAITING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AWAITING FAA FORM 8020-9 FROM THE ROC. 9/15/2020 AT 1555 LOCAL ALASKA TIME CALLED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. NO ANSWER. LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE AND AWAITING RESPONSE. 9/15/2020 RECEIVED A RETURN CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BUT DO TO THE LACK OF CELL PHONE COVERAGE IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT HE WAS ASKED TO CALL BACK WHEN HE WAS IN A BETTER COVERAGE AREA. AWAITING A CALL ON 16 SEPTEMBER 2020. 9/16/2020 RECEIVED VOICEMAIL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LLC. HE WAS AT THE SITE AND WOULD BE OUT OF CELL PHONE COVERAGE ALL DAY. HE STATED HE WOULD CALL BACK AT HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY. AWAITING RETURN CALL 9/16/2020 RECEIVED THE 8020-9 FROM THE WROC. THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WAS INCLUDED. N3125N DEPARTED NAKNEK RIVER AT AKN AT 1806Z ON A CODED SVFR DEPARTURE (KATMAI DEPARTURE) TO THE EAST. AT 1810Z N3125N REPORTED LEAVING THE AKN CLASS DELTA SURFACE AREA. NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS. AT APPROX. 2130Z AKN FCT WAS NOTIFIED FROM THE WROC THAT N3125N HAD TO DITCH IN THE NAKNEK LAKE AT 1827Z. NO INJURIES REPORTED. AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION. 9/17/2020 RECEIVED A RETURN CALL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. HE STATED THAT THEIR WAS NO INFLIGHT FAILURE AND THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED DURING A HARD LANDING ON THE WATER. THE LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY IN THE AREA. RECEIVED MULTIPLE PICTURES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. WILL REENGAGE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS WHEN HE RETURNS TO ANCHORAGE FROM THE SITE. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 9/17/2020 RECEIVED PICTURES FROM THE NTSB ASSIGNED INVESTIGATOR. THE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT AND NOT AN ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 9/17/2020 THE REVIEW OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED THAT ALL OF THE LEFT HAND FLOAT STRUTS THAT MOUNT THE FLOAT TO THE AIRFRAME HAVE BEEN BROKEN. THE STRUTS THAT ATTACH THE FLOATS TO THE AIRFRAME WERE DAMAGED WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE FLOAT. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. ## Other reports on N3125N (8) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20150604016319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604016319A), Jun 4, 2015: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3 (N3125N), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. June 4, 2015 approximately 1230 Alaska daylight time, a de havilland DHC-3 equipped with a Honeywell TPE331 turbine engine, experienced a vibration during… - [Accident 20140530008689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140530008689A), May 30, 2014: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3 (N3125N), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. After level off in cruise flight at approximately 5000 feet MSL in VMC turbulence/rain the pilot reported that there was a brief period of vibration in the… - [Incident 20110316008779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110316008779I), Mar 16, 2011: Dehavilland OTTER DHC-3 (N3125N), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft departed Z41 with 2000 lbs of cargo. Flew over Whiskey Bravo Strip (5 miles south lake puntilla), uneventful downwind, base, final and touchdown. No… - [Accident 20060902018599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060902018599A), Sep 2, 2006: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Wainwright, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Tailwheel locked in unsafe position for landing. PIC failed to recognize condition too late to take corrective action. Aircraft left the runway causing… - [Accident 19990427017329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990427017329A), Apr 27, 1999: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) On April 27, 1999, about 1315 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Dehavilland DHC-3 airplane, N3125N, sustained substantial damage during a landing… - [Incident 19920715034649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920715034649I), Jul 15, 1992: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Engine started losing oil. Made an emergency off airport landing. - [Incident 19890320013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320013649I), Mar 20, 1989: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Kenai, AK. Engine malfunction. Precautionary landing on a lake. Found cylinder rocker arm and cover cracked. - [Accident 19880601019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880601019739A), Jun 1, 1988: Dhav DHC3 (N3125N), Eagle, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing and ground looped off the runway down an embankment. Tail wheel unlocked. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.