Amateur-built DHC-2 accident near Iliamna, Alaska, July 5, 1983
On July 5, 1983 at about 8:20 pm local time, a amateur-built DHC-2, registered N67682, was substantially damaged in an accident near Iliamna, Alaska. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 5, 1983 · about 8:20 pm local time
- Place
- Iliamna, Alaska · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built DHC-2
- Registration
- N67682 · registry record · serial 617
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A DOWNDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH AND THE APPLICATION OF POWER DID NOT PREVENT THE ACFT FROM CONTACTING A 15 INCH BERM ON THE APPROACH END.HE STATED THAT THE MAIN GEAR AND TAIL GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP ON ITS BELLY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 9,000 hours in all; 403 in this make and model; 150 in the last 90 days; 8,700 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 11,584 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, May 22, 1983; 1 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,100 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P&W R-985 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: International Air Transport
The flight
- Departed from: MRI Anchorage AK at 2:00 pm
- Runway 21, 1,300 ft by 65 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 230° at 4 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility: 80 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 63°F (17°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ANC83FA114.