ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58785
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| Date: | Friday 20 February 2009 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Civil Air Patrol |
| Registration: | N5342G |
| MSN: | 854 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9483 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kenai, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN) |
| Kenai Airport, AK (ENA/PAEN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated flight instructor was familiarizing the second pilot with ski operations in a ski-equipped airplane during an instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that he took the flight controls from the second pilot to demonstrate a touch-and-go landing on a frozen, snow-covered lake. After landing to the east, the instructor said that he kept the tail of the airplane up and the airspeed just below flying speed in order to make ski tracks on the lake to check the snow conditions. About midway along the lake the instructor added full engine power and the airplane became airborne but failed to climb sufficiently to avoid colliding with an area of rising, tree-covered terrain at the departure end of the lake. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. Postaccident examination revealed no preaccident mechanical anomalies. The instructor noted that after the accident he noticed occasional strong gusts of wind from the west.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor’s decision to attempt a touch-and-go landing toward rising terrain and with a tailwind, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain during takeoff.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
(c) H. Ranter Lake Hood, AK 2000-08-18
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2009 10:18 | harro | Updated |
| 23-Feb-2009 10:19 | harro | Updated |
| 14-Aug-2011 02:52 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:11 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2023 20:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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