Pilot Debrief

de Havilland DHC-2 near Talkeetna, AK — 2008-05-11

Final reportANC08CA066
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Date
2008-05-11
Location
Talkeetna, AK, USA
Airport
PATK
Aircraft
de Havilland DHC-2
Registration
N323KT
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

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

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.

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