55.3541° N, 131.7112° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 18, 1993 · 14:47 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Ketchikan International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EKQA
Aircraft
N51KA
Reported as
Dhav DHC3
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total3,500 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.
Landed with nose wheel retracted. Found right nose float gear up hydraulic flex line had ruptured.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED. FOUND RIGHT NOSE FLOAT GEAR UP HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE HAD RUPTURED.