- Date
- September 11, 1988, 16:00 local (Sep 12, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ruth Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67207de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880911038239A
- Case key
- 5078
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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 air taxi pilot was attempting to land his float-equipped airplane on a remote mountain lake in gusty wind conditions. He stated that he touched down with a tailwind component of approximately 5 knots, but that the tailwind increased rapidly during a gust, causing the airplane to decelerate much less quickly than he had anticipated. The airplane struck the beach with enough forward velocity to cause it to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67207
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 305
- Airframe hours
- 8,237
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Branch River Air Service
- Registered owner
- Hartley Inc/Branch River Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 31, 1988 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,900 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 6,144 as pilot in command · 369 in the last 90 days · 127 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 7 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.