De Havilland DHC-2 N323KT

Summary

On 11 May 2008 at about 19:57 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N323KT, operated by Rust's Flying Service Inc., was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 May 2008 at 19:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Talkeetna (PATK)

Coordinates

62.3206, -150.0936

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-2

Registration

N323KT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rust's Flying Service Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kahiltna Base → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC08CA066

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent activation of the main landing gear brakes during the recovery from a bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial certificated pilot was landing a wheel ski-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a positioning flight on a hard surface runway. The director of operations for the operator reported that the airplane bounced on the right main landing gear wheel during the initial flare/touchdown. As the airplane made runway contact with both main wheels a second time, the wheels appeared to be locked, producing skid marks on the runway. The airplane nosed down, and the propeller struck the runway. The airplane fell back onto the tailwheel, which resulted in a broken tailwheel strut, and structural buckling of the aft fuselage bulkhead. The director of operations reported that the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction, and said that the pilot may have had his feet on the brakes when the airplane touched down the second time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.