- Date
- June 10, 1988, 13:56 local (21:56 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N48108De Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880610019689A
- Case key
- 4958
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.
Analysis
The pilot-in-command, a certified mechanic, performed his own maintenance on the acft. This maintenance required the removal, reinstallation & rigging of the ailerons. As the plt was taking off on the 1st flt after maintenance, the acft entered a roll after lift-off & crashed. An investigation revealed the controls to the left aileron were connected in reverse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48108
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 781
- Engine
- P&W R-985-39, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bloomfield, Pette E.
- Registered owner
- Pete E Bloomfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Z 15 · Birchwood, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 1, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °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.