- Date
- September 7, 1986, 16:00 local (Sep 8, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N100KLde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860907045249A
- Case key
- 4733
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Weather condition - rainFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
InattentiveFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Aborted takeoff - not performedCause
Directional control - inadequateCause
Analysis
The pilot was unable to avoid a large floating log in his water lane path during takeoff. He struck the log, lost control of the airplane and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100KL
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 758
- Airframe hours
- 6,700
- Engine
- P&W 985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Iliamna Lake Resort
- Registered owner
- Saint Cloud Aviation Of Ak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1986
- Departed
- Mulchatna River, AK
- Destination
- Iliamna, AK
N100KLRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A series
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 1,350 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.