ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226625
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| Date: | Thursday 27 June 2019 |
| Time: | 04:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver MK1 |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Airways/V2 Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N94DC |
| MSN: | 238 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19674 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ketchikan International Airport, AK (KTN/PAKT) |
| Ketchikan, AK (5KE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, upon touchdown in the float-equipped airplane, the seaplane skipped, and the right float dug into the water. A video recorded by a cruise ship passenger captured the accident sequence and revealed that the airplane was landing parallel to an ocean swell and touched down in a relatively flat pitch attitude. After touchdown and encountering the swell, the airplane veered to the left, water looped, nosed down, and began to submerge. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing, left lift strut, and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: A loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a water loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC19LA028
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 December 1982 | N94DC | Private | 0 | Near Port Alswo, AK | |
sub |
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
All five people aboard survive incident in which de Havilland Beaver floatplane overturns during landing on Tongass Narrows.https://t.co/g8kxwsrlfH
— Ketchikan Daily News (@KDNNews) 28 juin 2019
Photo by Dustin Safranek pic.twitter.com/IhIReLSEB5
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Floatplane with 5 aboard flips in Ketchikan harbor https://t.co/07Bcc1MGvs pic.twitter.com/MRfcRZEjQx
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 28 juin 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2019 22:00 | Geno | Added |
| 27-Jun-2019 22:02 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2019 22:19 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2019 05:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Embed code] |
| 27-Mar-2021 12:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
| 27-Mar-2021 14:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Damage, Category, Accident report] |
| 27-Mar-2021 15:21 | harro | Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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