De Havilland BEAVER DHC 2 MK.1 N67112

Summary

On 20 September 2019 at about 22:45 local time, a De Havilland BEAVER DHC 2 MK.1 registered N67112, operated by Arctic Air LLC, was involved in an accident near Kotzebue, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

20 September 2019 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ)

Coordinates

66.8847, -162.5981

Aircraft

De Havilland BEAVER DHC 2 MK.1

Registration

N67112

Category

Airplane

Year built

1955

Engines

1

Operator

Arctic Air LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kotzebue → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA562

Nobody was injured.

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. 

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.