- Date
- August 20, 1983, 16:30 local (Aug 21, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3129Sde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830820043449A
- Case key
- 4157
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 got into a downdraft and collided with hilly terrain. The pilot stated that he was spotting caribou and settled into the side of a hill. According to the passengers the acft was about 300 ft AGL prior to the descent to ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3129S
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 269
- Airframe hours
- 7,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Alaska North Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 17, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,558 total · 1,116 in this make and model · 8,848 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.