# Incident 20250920017569I: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1, Iliamna, AK, September 20, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2025, 09:15 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7556° N, 154.9178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ILIAMNA (ILI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7556&lon=-154.9178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N458LJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N458LJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1 (registry code 2808006, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-14B (registry code 51654, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-an-14b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2 MK 1
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,940 total, 42 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250920017569I

## Narrative

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

ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 20, 2025, A DHC2 (BEAVER) AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE SHORELINE OF A LAKE ON DEPARTURE AFTER EXPERIENCING A LOW ALTITUDE WIND SHIFT.  PILOT CIRCLED AND RETURNED AND LANDED.

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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