# Accident 20240720008549A: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A, Pedro Bay, AK, July 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2024, 07:45 local time
- Place: Pedro Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9RRA
- Location: 59.7367° N, 153.9265° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7367&lon=-153.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65223, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A (registry code 2800105, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER U-6A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,617 total, 415 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240720008549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT WIND SCREEN WAS CLEANED PRIOR TO LEAVING THE DOCK TO REMOVE THE CONDENSATION THAT HAD FORMED OVERNIGHT.  HE TAXIED DOWN RIVER WHILE PERFORMING ENGINE WARM UP AND MAGNETO CHECKS AND ALL RESULTS WERE NORMAL.  AS AIRCRAFT CAME ON-STEP, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROUNDING A BEND WHICH POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT DIRECTLY INTO THE SUN.  AS THE MORNING WAS STILL COOL, A SMALL AMOUNT OF CONDESATION HAD RE-FORMED ON THE WIND SCREEN DURING TAXI AND THAT MAGNIFIED THE ONCOMING SUNLIGHT TO THE POINT THAT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE DISORIENTATION AND LOST HIS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.  THE PILOT PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE, HOWEVER, HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED FAR ENOUGH TO THE LEFT TO ALLOW THE WINGTIP TO COME IN CONTACT WITH SOME VEGETATION ON THE RIVER BANK.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN HARD INTO THE RIVER BANK WHERE IT CAME TO REST WITH HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS AND WINGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC24LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA068), Jul 20, 2024: Dehavilland Beaver U-6A (N65223), Pedro Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during takeoff. Contributing to the accident was sun glare.

## Other reports on N65223 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020607016719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020607016719A), Jun 7, 2002: Dhav DHC2MKI (N65223), Kingsalmon, AK, No damage. (-23) On June 07, 2002 a float equipped dehaviland DHC-2 beaver owned by a lodge, and piloted by a certificated commercial pilot, experienced an upset after…

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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