62.0531° N, 163.1658° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Mary's, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 4, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
St Marys, AK
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9630A
Reported as
Dhav DHC2/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,857 total5 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft settled into water after landing run. Float cross wires had broken.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO WATER AFTER LANDING RUN. FLOAT CROSS WIRES HAD BROKEN.