Accident · 2004-06-12

NTSB case ANC04LA064 · deHavilland DHC-2 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2004-06-12
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: deHavilland DHC-2 (N105RL)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Jacob O. Ortman Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Jacob O. Ortman

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a log. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind, a lack of brake pedals at the second pilot station, and the second pilot's lack of a tailwheel endorsement.

Source: NTSB case ANC04LA064

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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