- Date
- August 9, 1987, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chackachatna Ri, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31522de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870809043099A
- Case key
- 4887
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose down
Analysis
The pilot stated after he touched down on the gravel bar he lost directional control of the aircraft causing the aircraft to strike a log. The airplane then went up on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31522
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 535
- Airframe hours
- 10,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985-39B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenai Squadron, doing business as Civil Air Patrol
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 10, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
N31522Registered now · Dehavilland BEAVER U-6AAirframe modelDehavilland BEAVER U-6AEngine 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,300 total · 1,040 in this make and model · 4,970 as pilot in command · 295 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.