ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235201
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| Date: | Friday 20 September 2019 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 MK.1 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Arctic Air LLC |
| Registration: | N67112 |
| MSN: | 1046 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12379 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kotzebue, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kotzebue, AK (OTZ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, during takeoff from a lake and after the floats came up on the step, the right float struck a submerged bog, which resulted in a brief deceleration of airspeed. After the float cleared the submerged bog, the airplane accelerated again, but the airspeed was not sufficient for liftoff, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. As the airplane approached rocks at the edge of the lake, he steered the airplane right onto a mud embankment, and the airplane slid to a stop short of an adjacent taxiway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
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Probable Cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff from water after the airplane impacted a submerged object, which resulted in insufficient airspeed for liftoff and led to the pilot steering the airplane toward a mud embankment to avoid rocks.Â
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Apr-2020 07:03 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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