- Date
- June 12, 1989, 23:33 local (Jun 13, 1989, 07:33 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11GAde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890612015499A
- Case key
- 5112
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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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve.
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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that after the float plane touched down on the lake, it veered left & struck the bank of the lake. The acft came to rest on top of the bank about 7 ft from the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11GA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1111
- Airframe hours
- 7,715
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bush Pilts Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 10, 1989 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- AK66 · Whittier, AK
- Airport
- LHD · Lake Hood Spb, runway 27, 4,540 × 150 ft, water
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 480 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.