# Incident 19930518018879I: Dhav DHC3, Ketchikan, AK, May 18, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1993, 14:47 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKQA
- Location: 55.3541° N, 131.7112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KETCHIKAN INTL (KTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3541&lon=-131.7112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51KA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930518018879I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH NOSE WHEEL RETRACTED. FOUND RIGHT NOSE FLOAT GEAR UP HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE HAD RUPTURED.

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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