- Date
- October 26, 1982, 16:00 local (Oct 27, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3904de Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821026068459I
- Case key
- 71066
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
After removing the floats and reinstalling the wheels on the aircraft, the pilot received permission to take off on a roadway bridge thats spans beluga lake. The purpose of the flight was to ferry the plane to nearby Homer airport. On takeoff, the aircraft veered left due to a wind gust and when the pilot corrected with right brake, the nose tucked down. This allowed the propeller blade tips to come in contact with the ground. The takeoff was continued and the aircraft landed at Homer airport without further incident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3904
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 54
- Airframe hours
- 11,078
- Engine
- P & W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Kachemak Air Service
- Registered owner
- Kachemak Air Service
- Departed
- 5BL · Homer, AK
- Destination
- 5BL · Homer, AK
- Airport
- 5BL · Beluga Lake Seaplane
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,563 total · 145 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
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 N3904 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.