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| Date: | Wednesday 16 March 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Texas Turbine Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Katmai Air |
| Registration: | N3125N |
| MSN: | 394 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Talkeetna, Alaska -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Lake Hood Seaplane Base, AK (LHD/PALH) |
| Talkeetna, Alaska | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft departed Z41 with 2000 lbs of cargo. It flew over Whiskey Bravo Strip (5 miles south of Lake Puntilla), flew an uneventful downwind, base, final and touched down. There was no wind and no precipitation.
As soon as tailwheel settled, the aircraft veered left. The left main wheel-ski contacted a snow berm on the edge of the narrow strip and sharply turned aircraft perpindicular to the airstrip. The prop contacted the snow berm. Prop tips bent and engine damaged.
Sources:
FAA
http://www.dhc-3archive.com/DHC-3_394.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 2014 | N3125N | Alaska Air Taxi | 0 | near Homer, AK | |
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| 4 June 2015 | N3125N | Alaska Air Taxi | 0 | near Skwentna, AK | |
sub |
| 15 September 2020 | N3125N | Katmai Air | 0 | Naknek Lake, Katmai National Park, AK | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2025 14:09 | ASN | Added |
| 26-Apr-2025 15:12 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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