- Date
- June 20, 1985, 12:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bering River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N99838de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850620026599A
- Case key
- 4504
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 plt stated that during a 15 to 20 min period after he had landed, the wind velocity increased greatly. He managed to taxi the float plane to an area where he could takeoff into the wind. As the acft was on the step for takeoff, the left wing lifted as if it was hit by a gust of wind. Susequently, the right wing tip struck the water & the acft nosed over. The plt estimated the wind was from the east at 40 gusting to 50 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99838
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 792
- Airframe hours
- 9,856
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Chisum Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Chisum Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 20, 1985 · 31 hours before
- Destination
- CDV · Cordova, 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,695 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 4,550 as pilot in command · 181 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 40 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.