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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · Angoon, AK · February 1, 1985

Date
February 1, 1985 · 15:30 local
Place
Angoon, AK
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GSBA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64398
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total2,200 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.

During water landing struck reef. Visibility was low, pilot had attempted to maintain visual contact with water.

As the FAA filed it

DURING WATER LANDING STRUCK REEF. VISIBILITY WAS LOW, PILOT HAD ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH WATER.