# NTSB ANC85LAA05: de Havilland DHC-3, N11250, Cape Douglas, AK, September 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1985, 14:01 local (22:01 UTC)
- Place: Cape Douglas, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4577
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LAA05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4577/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAA05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11250-1993-03-31), registration cancelled 1993-03-31, S/N 171 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: de Havilland DHC-3
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DHC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (registry code 2800202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 171
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850911044239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850911044239A), Sep 11, 1985: Dhav DHC3, Cape Douglas, AK, Substantial damage. Engine lost power after low level maneuvering over downed aircraft. Flipped over after landing in tundra.

## Other investigations on N11250 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA89FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89FA036), Jan 15, 1989: de Havilland DHC-3 (N11250), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTANT FLIGHT INTO IFR CONDITIONS AND THE STALL WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE TURN TO REVERSE COURSE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE SNOW CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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