- Date
- August 31, 1982, 17:30 local (Sep 1, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Skwentna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41755de Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820831043029A
- Case key
- 71930
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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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft experienced a power loss & a forced landing was made on a sandbar. During the landing roll the acft struck a log, folding the main gear. Eng teardown revealed a failed no.4 articulating rod. The rod separated just above the knuckle pin area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41755
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 339
- Airframe hours
- 6,754
- Engine
- P & W R-1340-AN2, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Woods Air Service
- Registered owner
- Warren W. Woods
- Departed
- Kuskokwim River, AK
- Destination
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,600 total · 30 in this make and model · 6,369 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
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 N41755 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.