- Date
- February 7, 1986, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mekoryuk, AK
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N204EHde Havilland DHC-6
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860207037919A
- Case key
- 4636
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC stated that he was landing to the southwest because the fog was obscuring the apch path to rwy 05. After aligning with rwy 23, the acft drifted off course. The plt was attempting to realign the acft with the rwy when he touched down in a bank and struck the right wing tip. He further stated he never regained control and the acft departed the rwy off the left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N204EH
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61
- Airframe hours
- 19,417
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20A, 5,795 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Era Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 13, 1986 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- MYU · Mekoryuk, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- MYU · Mekoryuk, runway 23, 3,500 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,643 total · 3,888 in this make and model · 9,304 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F
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 N204EH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.