- Date
- June 11, 1987, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98ELde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870611020059A
- Case key
- 4856
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 encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water,glassyFactor
Performance data - not understoodCause
All available runway - not usedCause
Airspeed - not obtainedCause
Lift-off - not obtainedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that he started his takeoff run in the middle of the lake. The aircraft overran the lake and ended up on the tundra approximately 75 yards from the lake shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98EL
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 826
- Airframe hours
- 14,680
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alaska Enchanted Lake Lodge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1987 · 26 hours before
N98ELRegistered now · Dehavilland-Kenmore DHC-2Airframe modelDehavilland-Kenmore DHC-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,312 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 6,200 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °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.