- Date
- June 21, 1985, 17:00 local (Jun 22, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ungalikthluk Rv, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10395de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850621027019A
- Case key
- 4506
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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 reported that when he was landing the float plane on a river, an extreme gust of wind cocked the acft causing loss of control. Subsequently, the acft struck a river bank & was damaged. The plt noticed that after the landing, the winds had changed, were shifting to the southwest & were much stronger. He estimated gusts to 35 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10395
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1359
- Airframe hours
- 11,215
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William Hubbard, doing business as Bristol Bay Lodge
- Registered owner
- Bristol Bay Lodge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,849 total · 1,610 in this make and model · 2,676 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °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.
Other investigations on N10395 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.