- Date
- August 30, 1991, 16:20 local (Aug 31, 1991, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cube Cove, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2738GDe 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
- 19910830040719A
- Case key
- 5613
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Probable cause
The encounter with windshear.
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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - windshearCause
Analysis
While on final approach to the airstrip, the airplane encountered a windshear and an extremely high sink rate. After a hard landing on the airstrip, the airplane was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2738G
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1511
- Airframe hours
- 5,421
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1991 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- CUW · Cube Cove, runway 18, 1,600 × 60 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,870 total · 1,085 in this make and model · 7,710 as pilot in command · 152 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °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.