Date: | Saturday 21 August 2021 |
Time: | 13:25 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Turbine Otter |
Owner/operator: | Brooks Range Aviation |
Registration: | N560TR |
MSN: | 141 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Total airframe hrs: | 16402 hours |
Engine model: | PZL Kalisz (Shvetsov) ASz-62IR |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Bethel, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Issygok Lake, AK |
Destination airport: | Jobe Lake, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A float-equipped, DHC-3 Otter airplane, N560TR, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Bettles,
Alaska. The pilot and two passengers were not injured.
The pilot reported that while on a base leg approach to land at a remote lake, there was a "loud bang", and the engine lost all power. Unable to reach the intended lake, he turned the airplane into the wind and selected an area of tundra-covered terrain as an emergency, forced landing site. Subsequently, during the forced landing, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.
Probable cause: "The seizure of the engine during flight for undetermined reasons, which led to a total loss of engine power."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC21LA094 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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