# Incident 20230316002649I: Dehavilland DHC-2, Anchorage, AK, March 16, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2023, 16:47 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: META
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 (registry code 2808001, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230316002649I

## Narrative

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

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE PILOT ENCOUNTERED ENGINE BACKFIRE AND ENGINE QUIT OPERATION. PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE, BUT NOTED THE ENGINE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN EXPECTED POWER FOR THROTTLE SETTING APPLIED. PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT WITH NO EFFECT AND ENGINE QUIT A SECOND TIME. PILOT RESTARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND HAD TO REDUCE THROTTLE SETTING BY HALF TO KEEP ENGINE IN OPERATION. PILOT CYCLED THE THROTTLE TWO TIMES ATTEMPTING TO RESET CRUISE POWER SETTING AND ENCOUNTERED ENGINE BACKFIRE AND LOWER POWER ON EACH TRY. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN AN ENGINE THROTTLE POWER SETTING SUFFICENT TO MAINTAIN CONTINUED FLIGHT AND OPTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT ON A FROZEN POND OUTSIDE OF ANCHORAGE ALASKA.

## Other reports on N62LC (1)

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

- [Accident 19850114002249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850114002249A), Jan 14, 1985: Dhav DHC2* (N62LC), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. Landed in snow covered meadow. Tailwheel struck a small tree head, damaged tail section.

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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