- Date
- August 31, 1990, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alagnak River, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N24BRDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900831038119A
- Case key
- 5443
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, his selection of unsuitable terrain, and his delay in aborting the takeoff.
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 during the takeoff run on the River, he lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane then struck the River bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24BR
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 644
- Airframe hours
- 9,795
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hartley, Inc, doing business as Branch River Air Service
- Registered owner
- Hartley, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 8, 1990 · 99 hours before
- Flight plan
- 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,850 total · 120 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 340 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °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.
Other investigations on N24BR · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.