# Incident 19880818057779I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Anchorage, AK, August 18, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1988, 22:18 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ERAA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525EH-2001-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,850 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 278 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818057779I

## Narrative

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

FLEW WITH FUEL CAP HANGING BY CHAIN AND BANGING AIRCRAFT. PASSENGER SAID PILOT AWARE OF IT. SMELLED FUMES IN CABIN.

## Other reports on N525EH (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980510017529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510017529I), May 10, 1998: Dhav DHC6* (N525EH), Boulder City, NV, 1 fatal. Appears to have had a malfunction of his parachute upon opening, collided with another jumper before hitting ground.
- [Accident 19881204052339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881204052339A), Dec 4, 1988: Dhav DHC61 (N525EH), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Wing struck a fence while taxiing on a narrow plowed taxiway. Area plowed was on edge of taxiway. Blowing snow.

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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