- Date
- September 11, 1985, 14:01 local (22:01 UTC)
- Place
- Cape Douglas, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11250de Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850911044239A
- Case key
- 4577
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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 nosed over during a forced landing on a tundra following a loss of pwr. The plt reported he made a low pass over a downed acft on a beach and as he advanced the throttle, a rapid decrease in pwr occurred. The acft and eng were not recovered from the tundra for inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11250
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 171
- Engine
- P&W R1340-59, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bering Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985 · 45 hours before
- 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
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,250 total · 120 in this make and model · 8,195 as pilot in command · 212 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N11250 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.