Amateur-built DHC2 accident near Two Moon Bay, Alaska, December 24, 1992
On December 24, 1992 at about 3:00 pm local time, a amateur-built DHC2, registered N737KA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Two Moon Bay, Alaska. It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
AN INADVERTANT LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND WHEELS DOWN WATER LANDING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF CHECKLIST USE BY THE PILOT.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 24, 1992 · about 3:00 pm local time
- Place
- Two Moon Bay, Alaska · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built DHC2
- Registration
- N737KA · registry record · serial 1261
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
PILOT OF AMPHIBIAN FLOAT DHC2 BEAVER DEPARTED AIRPORT ON WHEELS ON VFR FLIGHT TO VILLAGE SERVED BY SEADROME ONLY. PILOT COULD NOT RECALL RAISING WHEELS AFTER DEPARTURE. PILOT MADE NORMAL APPROACH TO WATER LANDING AT VILLAGE AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRPLANE NOSED OVER INVERTED. PILOT RECALLED SEEING WHEELS EXTENDED FROM FLOATS AFTER SWIMMING FROM COCKPIT.
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: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 22,500 hours in all; 4,570 in this make and model; 60 in the last 90 days; 29 in the last 30 days; 21,000 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 15,068 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, December 24, 1992; 1 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,000 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P&W R-985 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Ketchum Air Service
The flight
- Departed from: CDV Cordova-Smith AK at 3:00 pm
- Destination: Tatitlek AK
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 300° at 6 knots
- Sky: broken clouds at 4,400 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 32°F (0°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 3:50 pm from CDV, 25 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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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 documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text 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 ANC93LA023.