58.6883° N, 156.6614° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 4, 1991 · 19:30 local
Place
King Salmon, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5338G
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total600 in this make and model72 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.
Engine began popping banging and smoking. Force landed on rough tundra on aircrafts floats. Cause undetermined.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE BEGAN POPPING BANGING AND SMOKING. FORCE LANDED ON ROUGH TUNDRA ON AIRCRAFTS FLOATS. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.