Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 20 MAR 1986 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
| Operator: | Woods Air Service |
| Registration: | N539Y |
| C/n / msn: | 197 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2000-7M2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lime Village, AK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Palmer Municipal Airport, AK (PAQ), United States of America |
| Lime Village Airport, AK (LVD), United States of America |
The aircraft pitched up, rolled left, crashed into trees and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
- Airspeed(Vs)..Improper..Pilot in command
- Stall..Inadvertent..Pilot in command
Contributing Factors
- In-flight planning/decision..Improper..Pilot in command
- Altitude..Inadequate..Pilot in command
- Go-around..Attempted..Pilot in command Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/88 (#24)
» NTSB
Photos
N539Y flew for different owners before being acquired by Woods Air Fuel in April 1983
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Palmer Municipal Airport, AK to Lime Village Airport, AK as the crow flies is 336 km (210 miles).
Distance from Palmer Municipal Airport, AK to Lime Village Airport, AK as the crow flies is 336 km (210 miles).
