# Accident 19880818062549A: Dhav DHC2MK1, Sitka, AK, August 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1988, 06:20 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSBA
- Location: 56.7298° N, 135.0005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.7298&lon=-135.0005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64398 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA88FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818062549A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA88FA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA156), Aug 18, 1988: de Havilland DHC-2 Mark 1 (N64398), Sitka, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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