- Date
- March 12, 1993, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N67667De Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930312005049A
- Case key
- 5870
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Probable cause
The pilot selected unsuitable terrain for takeoff. A factor in the accident was the building situated at the end of the takeoff site.
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 in command attempted a wheel takeoff from an area used for a seaplane pullout ramp. Witnesses said they had not seen a wheel plane attempt takeoff from that spot in three years. The available takeoff distance was approximately 500 feet. The DHC2 beaver struck a one story generator building, shearing off a horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft continued one mile to int'l airport and landed without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67667
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401
- Airframe hours
- 13,506
- Engine
- P&W R985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Taquan Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1992 · 1 hours before
- 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total · 6,500 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 1 nm away
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 N67667 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.