# NTSB ANC93LA043: De Havilland DHC-2, N67667, Ketchikan, AK, March 12, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1993, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Coordinates: 55.609352, -131.579376 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6094&lon=-131.5794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5870
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC93LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5870/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA043

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67667-2000-09-18), registration cancelled 2000-09-18, S/N 401 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DE HAVILLAND DHC-2
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a) (registry code 2808002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 401
- Airframe hours: 13506
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930312005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930312005049A), Mar 12, 1993: Dhav DHC2MK1, Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Took off on a 500 foot area at a seaplane ramp. Right elevator was severed by a shed. Continued to base landing.

## Other investigations on N67667 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA89LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA033), Jan 10, 1989: de Havilland DHC-2 (N67667), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER FLARE ATTITUDE AT TOUCHDOWN, CAUSING THE LEFT FLOAT TO DIG INTO THE WATER.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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