- Date
- March 8, 1987, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N67688de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870308005459A
- Case key
- 4828
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - whiteoutCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
PressureFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - misjudgedCause
Stall - uncontrolledCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered a complete whiteout condition and during the emergency landing on the frozen lake he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the left wing to strike the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67688
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 564419
- Airframe hours
- 10,817
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip E. Driver
- Registered owner
- Philip E. Driver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
N67688Registered now · Dehavilland DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6SER TP
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,300 total · 1,199 in this make and model · 7,200 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 14 °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.