- Date
- September 18, 2022, 18:30 local (Sep 19, 2022, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24BRDehavilland DHC-2
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220918008319A
- Case key
- 105976
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control during takeoff in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was departing from a lake in a float-equipped airplane with passengers and hunting gear. He stated that the departure plan was to get the airplane on step into the wind, and then turn lengthwise and depart with a crosswind. During the takeoff run, the airplane “used a fair amount of water on step” before a gust of wind lifted the right wing. In an effort to correct for the gust, the pilot lowered the wing and added power, but the airplane was too close to the bank of the lake, which resulted in an impact with terrain and substantial damage to the fuselage, right wing and tail. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. In the recommendation section of NTSB Form 6120.1, the pilot stated that a step turn departure may have been more appropriate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24BR
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 644
- Built
- 1953
- Airframe hours
- 20,112.3
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Branch River Air Service Inc., doing business as Branch River Air
- Registered owner
- River Front Akn LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 9, 2022
- Destination
- PAKN · King Salmon, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 23, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 8,600 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 8,350 as pilot in command · 257 in the last 90 days · 123 in the last 30 days · 5.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- METAR
- PAPN 190233Z AUTO 30006KT 1SM -RA BR BKN004 OVC009 11/11 A2984 RMK AO2 RAB17 CIG 002V008 P0001
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N24BR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.