- Date
- May 16, 1982, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hooper Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 8 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N103AQde Havilland DHC-6-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19820516019349A
- Case key
- 71076
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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
At 0833 adt, the acft departed bethel, AK on a scheduled pax/cargo commuter flt to chevak, scammon bay & Hooper Bay, AK. The operator's commuter flts had not landed at scammon bay for svrl days since the rwy was soft & muddy from meltingsnow. Bfr departing chevak, 902 lbs of mail & baggage was placed in the aft baggage compartment. Also, 2 pax's were asked to sit in the most aft seats "to lighten the nose." At scammon bay, the uneventful lndg was made from a shallow apch with hi pwr. After landing, 278 lbs of mail was removed from the nose compartment, leaving it empty, & 191 lbs of cargo was removed from the cabin. This was done with 1 eng running, no otr load chgs were made bfr tkof. The pax rprtd that drg apch to Hooper Bay, the pwr was reduced on a somewhat steeper apch & the square (flap) hndl was mvd. They rprtdthat soon thereafter, the nose pitched up & stall wrng sounded. The plane crashed aprx 1320 ft short of rwy 13. An investigation revealed the CG was aprx 7.7% bhnd the max aft lmt. No preimpact, mechanical failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103AQ
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 183
- Airframe hours
- 15,267
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-20, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Gifford Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gifford Aviation
- Departed
- C · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- C · Hooper Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HPB · Hooper Bay, runway 13, 3,600 × 100 ft
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,550 total · 1,100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.