# Incident 20220603012709I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3, Willow, AK, June 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2022, 14:30 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: D4NA
- Location: 61.7542° N, 150.0517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW (UUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7542&lon=-150.0517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1543, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1543-2024-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3 (registry code 2800107, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 950 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220603012709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ADMITTED HE MUST HAVE HIT BRAKES TOO HARD AFTER AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BECAUSE HE FELT THE NOSE DIP SLIGHTLY, BUT NOTHING MAJOR. HE SAID HE DIDNT THINK THE PROP TOUCHED. HE SAID HE DIDNT FEEL ANY VIBRATION WHILE TAXIING TO HANGAR. HE SAID HE ALWAYS DOES WHEEL LANDINGS INSTEAD OF THREE-POINT BECAUSE IN DHC-2 AIRCRAFT, THE TAILWHEEL IS THE WEAKEST PART OF THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER SHUTDOWN, HE NOTICED PROP DAMAGE. NO OTHER AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. NO INURIES. NO PASSENGERS NOR CARGO, JUST AN EMPTY RETURN LEG AFTER CARGO DELIVERY TO MINE. PILOT SAID WINDS WERE COMING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, EXCEPT TAILWIND, BUT THAT THEY WERE LIGHT. NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES BEFORE THE INCIDENT. CH DOESNT HAVE MEL. PILOT SAID HE WAS NOT FATIGUED, RUSHED, NOR HAD ANY PERSONAL STRESS AS MITIGATING FACTORS. PILOT SAID OWNER DOES NOT PRESSURE HIM TO DO FLIGHTS AND THAT HE HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO CANCEL FLIGHT IF HE DOESNT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WEATHER. PILOT SAID HE WAS PROBABLY COMPLACENT.

## Other reports on N1543 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20060522010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060522010379A), May 22, 2006: Dhav DHC2MK3 (N1543), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was on takeoff, it hit a wave and crashed.

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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