- Date
- July 22, 1992, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41755De Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920722026779A
- Case key
- 5757
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The fire in the engine accessory drive assembly. Factor was the rough an uneven forced landing area.
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 airplane was in cruise flight when the pilot noticed a slight fire smell. The engine began to lose power slowly and would not respond to engine control inputs. The pilot landed on a gravel bar and had to extinguish the fire in the engine accessory case with the fire extinguisher and dirt. The airplane has not been recovered and the engine has not been examined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41755
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 339
- Airframe hours
- 10,587
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN2, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Woods Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Woods Air Fuel, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 10, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 5NI · Nikoli, AK
- Destination
- Silvertip Lodge, 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 320 in this make and model · 8,045 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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 N41755 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.