# NTSB Accident ANC02LA123
> **de Havilland DHC-2** · 2002-09-20 · Bethel, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC02LA123
- **Event ID:** 20021010X05307
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-09-20
- **Location:** Bethel, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 60.766666, -161.84111
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-2
- **Registration:** N144Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The instructor pilot's inadequate preflight by his failure to remove all frost from the wings prior to takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and in-flight collision with terrain.

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