- Date
- January 14, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62LCde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850114002249A
- Case key
- 4464
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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
Acft is equipped with main gear skis and a tailwheel. Plt stated elevator & rudder controls stuck during the landing roll on snow covered terrain. Inspection reveladed the tail section of the acft collapsed after contacting the head of a small tree. The landing was made on a mining strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62LC
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1086
- Airframe hours
- 6,181
- Engine
- P&W 985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Daniel L Smith, doing business as Hub Air Service Inc
- Registered owner
- Hub Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 7, 1984 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,765 total · 1,283 in this make and model · 4,623 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 19 °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.