- Date
- March 29, 1990, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chevak, AK
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N200EHde Havilland DHC-6
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900329006459A
- Case key
- 5288
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot (PIC) during the landing/flare. The weather condition with fog was a related factor.
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 scheduled flt depd bethel, AK, with a wx dispatch release. When the flt reached the destn (Chevak, AK), the station manager (a non-certified wx observer) adzd the flt crew to not attempt a lndg, because the wx was not good. According to the flt crew, however, the fog was not obscuring the rwy & they elected to make an apch. According to the pilot (PIC), a high sink rated developed on short final & he did not apply power. He believed the lndg flare would have arrest the sink rate. However, the acft lndd hard on the rgt main gear, causing it to sep & dmg the rgt main wing strut. The rgt wing settled to the surface & the acft yawed to the rgt, veered off the rwy & was further dmgd. The load manifest did not comply with 14 CFR part 135.63(c) or the company's operations manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200EH
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 204
- Airframe hours
- 18,160
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Era Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 12, 1990 · 150 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- VAK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- VAK · Chevak, runway 14, 2,800 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,500 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 14,450 as pilot in command · 280 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.