- Date
- August 31, 1989, 16:30 local (Sep 1, 1989, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N64273de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890831035489A
- Case key
- 5251
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for an off-airport operation. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse terrain conditions.
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 pilot stated that he aborted a takeoff from a gravel bar after the airplane's main wheels hit a soft spot. Before the airplane could be stopped, it hit a ditch. Subsequently, the left main landing gear collapsed & the left wing hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64273
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 897
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rainbow King Lodge, Inc.
- Destination
- ILI · Iliamna, 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 150 in this make and model · 3,320 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N64273 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.