De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Feb 20, 2009, Kenai
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on February 20, 2009 near Kenai, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The flight instructor decided to...
- Date: February 20, 2009
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Kenai, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The flight instructor decided to attempt the touch-and-go toward rising terrain with a tailwind, which led to the in-flight collision with terrain during takeoff.
A Civil Air Patrol Beaver on an instructional ski flight at Kenai, Alaska, was taking off after a touch-and-go on a frozen lake. Full power was applied near stall speed with a tailwind, and the aircraft could not climb over the rising tree-covered terrain at the far end. It was substantially damaged, but no one was hurt.