- Date
- September 22, 1990, 16:20 local (Sep 23, 1990, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5322GDe Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900922041609A
- Case key
- 5463
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airplane control during the takeoff roll, and failure of not attaining airspeed on 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
During the takeoff roll, the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane exited the departure end of the runway into the tundra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5322G
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 128
- Airframe hours
- 7,855
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-S1H1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Donald E. Darden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 30, 1990 · 93 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Bacharoff
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.