- Date
- July 27, 1990, 17:00 local (Jul 28, 1990, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1507LDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900727028829A
- Case key
- 5411
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain flying speed during climbout.
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 control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the initial climbout from a river gravel bar the airplane stalled, crashed back onto the gravel bar, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1507L
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 428
- Airframe hours
- 7,929
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph Phillip, doing business as King Salmon Lodge
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 140 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °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.