# NTSB investigations: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1: On ground/water encounter with terrain/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ANC01LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA152.md): de Havilland DHC-2 · Arctic Village, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 16, 2001 · N5343G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff. A factor in the accident was rock(s)/boulders in the area of takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC96LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA164.md): de Havilland DHC-2 · Aniak, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 1996 · N5343G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to remove all snow and ice from the airplane prior to takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC89LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA154.md): de Havilland DHC-2 · Iliamna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1989 · N64273 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for an off-airport operation. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse terrain conditions.
- [NTSB ANC87LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA083.md): de Havilland DHC-2 · Alexander River, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1987 · N5349G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that during the takeoff run the left float contacted a hidden sand bar. The aircraft then nosed over on its back.
- [NTSB ANC83LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA158.md): de Havilland DHC-2, MK-1 · Barrow, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1983 · N5147G · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a ditch during landing. The sandbar used for landing had a light covering of snow and a ditch wasobscured by the snow. During landing rollout the acft collided with the ditch and one of the main landing gear collapsed. No mechanical…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2800102')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 320))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2800102&occurrence=320

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