# NTSB ANC24LA076: Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2, N9303Z, Skwentna, AK, August 7, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 6, 2024, 17:00 local (Aug 7, 2024, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Coordinates: 61.934958, -150.98895
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9350&lon=-150.9889&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194923
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194923/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194923
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA076

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, during the landing roll out, the right wing impacted trees along the edge of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage and lift strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9303Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 380
- Year built: 1954
- Airframe hours: 11043
- Engines: P&W R-985 SERIES 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 135
- Operator: Bush Air Alaska LLC, doing business as Bush Air Alaska LLC
- Registered owner: Sea Air Venutres LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 30, 2024, 19.3 hours before
- Departed: Z-40, anchorage, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: PVT, Bentalit, runway n/a, 2,100 × 70 ft, dirt
- Equipment: Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 30, 2024; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 3,150 as pilot in command, 300 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.99 inHg
- Observed at: PAWS, 47 nm away
- METAR: PAWS 070056Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM -RA FEW029 SCT036 BKN110 17/14 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP158 P0001 T01670139

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240806014139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240806014139A), Aug 6, 2024: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. During landing roll at private strip right wingtip hit a tree. Further down runway approximatally 100 yards, right wing struck another tree.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194923. 13.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 11.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17507980&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA076%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17508716&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA076%20photos-Rel.pdf

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.