- Date
- May 29, 1990, 17:30 local (May 30, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1018Hde Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900529017809A
- Case key
- 41201
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Probable cause
The pilot did not adequately compensate for the cross wind conditions while taxiing and failed to maintain clearance between the airplane and a tree on the shoreline. The crosswind was a factor related to the accident.
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 reported that turbulent conditions were encountered while on final approach. Due to this condition, a landing on the water was made closer to the shore than intended. During the taxi to the dock in a cove, the airplane drifted to the left where the left wing came in contact with a tree along the shore opposite the dock. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1018H
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 732
- Airframe hours
- 13,685
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ketchikan Air Service
- Registered owner
- Ketchikan Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 12, 1990 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Dora Bay, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Lancaster Cove, 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
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,250 total · 253 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 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 N1018H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.