De Havilland DHC-3 N3904

Summary

On 27 October 1982 at about 00:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-3 registered N3904, operated by Kachemak Air Service, was involved in an incident near Homer, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 October 1982 at 00:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Homer, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Beluga Lake Seaplane (5BL)

Coordinates

59.4003, -151.3199

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-3

Registration

N3904

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kachemak Air Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homer → Homer

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83IA007

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER REMOVING THE FLOATS AND REINSTALLING THE WHEELS ON THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT RECEIVED PERMISSION TO TAKE OFF ON A ROADWAY BRIDGE THATS SPANS BELUGA LAKE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FERRY THE PLANE TO NEARBY HOMER AIRPORT. ON TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT DUE TO A WIND GUST AND WHEN THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT BRAKE, THE NOSE TUCKED DOWN. THIS ALLOWED THE PROPELLER BLADE TIPS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT HOMER AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.