- Date
- June 24, 1989, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5595MDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890624017439A
- Case key
- 5206
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Probable cause
Inadequate annual inspection by maintenance personnel.
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
On final approach the engine quit, and the airplane crashed into a wooded area. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and passenger were seriously injured. An examination of the engine revealed a malfunction of the magneto. A thick crust coated both poles of the magneto, which caused it to bind internally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5595M
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1571
- Airframe hours
- 5,297
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Gay, Kirk, doing business as Val Halla Lodge
- Registered owner
- Alaska Safari Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 9,020 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °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.