- Date
- October 11, 1988, 16:00 local (Oct 12, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bonanza Hills, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90574de Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881011046329A
- Case key
- 5139
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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Analysis
The commercial pilot was attempting to land on a private gravel airstrip in rural Alaska. During the landing roll, the left main landing gear encountered snow along the runway edge and veered sharply to the left and off the runway.
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 - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90574
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 174
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lake Clark Air
- Registered owner
- Lake Clark Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Port Alsworth, AK
- Airport
- Private Strip
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,900 total · 1,400 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.