20211005014489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-3 · Ketchikan, AK · October 5, 2021

Date
October 5, 2021 · 11:00 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Ketchikan
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TQ0A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3324T
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,558 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.

At approximately 1100 AKDT, during climb out, pilot experienced a runaway engine. The engine was shut off and an uneventful emergency landing was completed. After landing, minor damage was noted to the aft float spreader bar and aft left float due to 2FT chop waves in the emergency landing zone.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AKDT, DURING CLIMB OUT, PILOT EXPERIENCED A RUNAWAY ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF AND AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING WAS COMPLETED. AFTER LANDING, MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE AFT FLOAT SPREADER BAR AND AFT LEFT FLOAT DUE TO 2FT CHOP WAVES IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING ZONE.