# NTSB SEA89LA033: de Havilland DHC-2, N67667, Ketchikan, AK, January 10, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1989, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Coordinates: 55.609237, -131.579147 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6092&lon=-131.5791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40969
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40969/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA033

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE ATTITUDE AT TOUCHDOWN, CAUSING THE LEFT FLOAT TO DIG INTO THE WATER.

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON CALM WATER AFTER A 3 MINUTE POSITIONING FLIGHT. DURING THE TOUCH DOWN, THE LEFT FLOAT DUG INTO THE WATER WHICH RESULTED IN A SWERVE AND WATER CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT WING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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: 10374
- Engines: P&W R-985-AN14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Temsco Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 30, 1988, 86 hours before
- Departed: 5KE, KETCHIKAN, AK
- Destination: 9CO, KETCHIKAN, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 350 total, 33 in this make and model, 260 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KTN

## 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 19890110004979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890110004979A), Jan 10, 1989: Dhav DHC2MK1, Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Failed to flare properly for water landing. Left float dug in causing a swerve to left and right wing hit the water

## Other investigations on N67667 (1)

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

- [NTSB ANC93LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA043), Mar 12, 1993: De Havilland DHC-2 (N67667), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. 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.

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

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