# Accident 19780418035519A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Cordova, AK, April 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1978
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Cordova Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 60.5436° N, 145.7259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORDOVA MUNI (CKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5436&lon=-145.7259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4747S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4747S-1979-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780418035519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC78FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA030), Apr 18, 1978: Dehavilland DHC-2 (N4747S), Cordova, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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