- Date
- July 13, 1989, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5354GDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890713022239A
- Case key
- 5225
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's continued VFR flight into know IFR flt conditions, resulting in a collision with rising terrain.
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 airplane crashed at the 1800 foot level of a mountain pass, near Kodiak, Alaska. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot and one passenger were seriously injured and four passengers received minor injuries. At the time of the accident the pass was reported closed due to IFR weather conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5354G
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 887
- Airframe hours
- 8,136
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Oberg, David, doing business as Uyak Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- David Oberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 8, 1989 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- KMY · Akhiok, AK
- Destination
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
- 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,862 total · 949 in this make and model · 9,662 as pilot in command · 420 in the last 90 days · 142 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5354G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.