61.1866° N, 149.9654° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 13, 1988 · 06:50 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
METC
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1785R
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK2
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total7,000 in this make and model300 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 hit unmarked submerged concrete block while water taxiing. Impact tore a hole in left float.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HIT UNMARKED SUBMERGED CONCRETE BLOCK WHILE WATER TAXIING. IMPACT TORE A HOLE IN LEFT FLOAT.