- Date
- October 28, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dan Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2899Jde Havilland Otter DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841028061859A
- Case key
- 4443
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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.
Hard landing
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Analysis
According to the plt the acft hit a downdraft, landed hard and struck the wing on the rwy surface. The wind was reported from 360 deg 15 KTS gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2899J
- Reported as
- de Havilland Otter DHC-3 (OTTER DHC-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 425
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 40 Mile Air, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Chitna, AK
- Destination
- Dan Creek, AK
- Airport
- Dan Creek, runway 9, 2,500 × ft, dirt
N2899JRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.