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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-3 · Talkeetna, AK · June 15, 2021

Date
June 15, 2021 · 15:30 local
Place
Talkeetna, AK
Airport
Talkeetna
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ERHA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N636KT
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total

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.

Aircraft tail wheel/ski detached inflight. Aircraft sustained minor damage to tail and rudder on landing. NTSB - an NTSB aeronautical engineer has reviewed the information and pictures concerning this event, and has determined the damage is considered minor. Since the operator has never encountered this type of issue before with the casing, it is likely an isolated event. The NTSB will not investigate and no report is required.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TAIL WHEEL/SKI DETACHED INFLIGHT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO TAIL AND RUDDER ON LANDING. NTSB - AN NTSB AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THE INFORMATION AND PICTURES CONCERNING THIS EVENT, AND HAS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MINOR. SINCE THE OPERATOR HAS NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS TYPE OF ISSUE BEFORE WITH THE CASING, IT IS LIKELY AN ISOLATED EVENT. THE NTSB WILL NOT INVESTIGATE AND NO REPORT IS REQUIRED.