# NTSB Accident ANC07MA083
> **de Havilland DHC-2** · 2007-08-17 · Ketchikan, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC07MA083
- **Event ID:** 20070823X01233
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-08-17
- **Location:** Ketchikan, AK, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 5
- **Serious:** 4
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 9
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-2
- **Registration:** N345KA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

An inadvertent aerodynamic stall resulting from the pilot's poor decision-making and inadequate planning and execution when he took off toward nearby rising terrain, in strong winds, under circumstances where his options for maneuvering were severely limited and where his safety margin was, thus, insufficient.

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