- Date
- November 6, 1989, 20:30 local (Nov 7, 1989, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N64276de Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19891106044589A
- Case key
- 5320
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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Probable cause
Failure of the engine bearing, which resulted in a subsequent total loss of power. Contributing factors were: dark night and rough/uneven 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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,bearing - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64276
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1025
- Airframe hours
- 8,703
- Engine
- P&W R-985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold S. Egli
- Registered owner
- Harold S Egli
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 96 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- ENA · Kenai, runway 1, 7,575 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,800 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,700 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.