- Date
- March 3, 1991, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Finger Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5349GDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910303003789A
- Case key
- 5523
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor was the rough and uneven terrain.
Analysis
After landing on a snow covered lake and during the rollout, the pilot lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane veered off the left side of the landing area, traveled approximately 25 feet and struck two parked Piper pa 18 airplanes and injured one bystander.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5349G
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 812
- Airframe hours
- 10,453
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Craig Ketchum, doing business as Ketchum Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ketchum Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 31, 1990 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SKW · Skwentna, AK
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,480 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
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 N5349G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.