- Date
- December 18, 1982, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Port Alswo, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94DCde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19821218064979A
- Case key
- 71914
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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Analysis
While landing on the 3,500 ft level of tuxedni glacier the acft skis sank in deep soft snow & the acft flipped over.
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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94DC
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 238
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- P & W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alvin D. Carrell
- Registered owner
- Alvin D. Carrell
- Departed
- C · Lake Hood Seapl, AK
- Destination
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
N94DCRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-2 MK 1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13,010 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 1,310 as pilot in command · 500 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F
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 N94DC · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC19LA028Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportKetchikan, AKA loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a water loop.NTSB ANC99LA007Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportChitina, AKThe pilot's inadequate preflight which failed to detect water contamination in the fuel system. A factor was the unsuitable terrain in the emergency landing area.