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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · Sitka, AK · August 18, 1988

Date
August 18, 1988 · 06:20 local
Place
Sitka, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GSBA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64398
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA156
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total700 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.

Flew into side of a mountain pass. Reported obscured by clouds. Another aircraft had turned back prior to accident.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN PASS. REPORTED OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HAD TURNED BACK PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.