# Incident 20250510004822I: Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III, Mckinley Park, AK, May 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2025, 12:48 local time
- Place: Mckinley Park, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERHA
- Aircraft: N343KT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III (registry code 2808005, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC 2 MK III
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,842 total, 35 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250510004822I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WENT TO TAKE OFF FROM THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE IN DHC-2 BEAVER AIRCRAFT. DHC-3 OTTER WAS PARKED DOWN THE HILL AND TO THE LEFT AND ONE CESSNA 170B WAS PARKED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT INITIATED HIS TAKEOFF RUN, APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT TO CREATE ADEQUATE LATERAL SPACING BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND DHC-3 OTTER. THE PILOT REPORTED HE GOT CAUGHT IN A RUT IN THE SNOW WHICH PULLED HIM TO THE LEFT, AND ALTHOUGH HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT TAKEOFF THE LEFT WING OF DHC-2 BEAVER STRUCK THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE DHC-3 OTTER'S RIGHT WING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N929KT, Dehavilland DHC-3: no report for this aircraft; [N929KT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N929KT) is registered now

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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