What happened
On May 11, 2008, a de Havilland DHC-2 was completing a positioning flight at Talkeetna, Alaska. During the landing phase on a hard surface runway, the aircraft, registration N323KT, bounced on its right main landing gear wheel during the initial flare and touchdown.
As the aircraft made contact with the runway a second time on both main wheels, the wheels appeared to lock, leaving skid marks on the runway surface. This caused the airplane to nose down, resulting in the propeller striking the runway. The impact caused the aircraft to fall back onto its tailwheel, which led to a broken tailwheel strut and structural buckling of the aft fuselage bulkhead. There were no injuries resulting from the accident.
The investigation
The investigation determined that the aircraft did not experience a mechanical malfunction. Evidence suggested that the wheels locked during the second touchdown, and the operator's director of operations noted that the pilot may have had his feet on the brakes during that contact.