Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver N5595M, Saturday 24 June 1989

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Date:	Saturday 24 June 1989
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:	Gay, Kirk
Registration:	N5595M
MSN:	1571
Year of manufacture:	1964
Total airframe hrs:	5297 hours
Engine model:	P&W R-985
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Iliamna, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT, AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A MALFUNCTION OF THE MAGNETO. A THICK CRUST COATED BOTH POLES OF THE MAGNETO, WHICH CAUSED IT TO BIND INTERNALLY.

Probable Cause: INADEQUATE ANNUAL INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

Accident investigation: