# Incident 19940107001759I: Dhav DHC3, Anchorage, AK, January 7, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1994, 16:08 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ELRA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888KA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940107001759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 1/7/94, AT 16:08 AST A DEHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT, MODEL DHC-3, SINGLE ENGINE OTTER, N888KA, EQUIPPED WITH BAISTOL #7490, AMPHIBIAN WHEEL FLOATS, OPERATED BY KETCHUM AIR SERVICE, A CERTIFICATED FAR 135 OPERATOR, LANDED ON RWY 32 AT ANCHORAGE INT'L AIRPORT WITH THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT, THOMAS C. NOBLE, CERTIFICATE #517862905, WAS PROPERLY CERTIFIED, TRAINED AND RATED IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT, WITH A CURREN CLASS II MEDICAL CERT. THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS ONBOARD RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR WHEEL FLOATS. THIS INVESTIGATION DID REVEAL THE DRAIN TO BE, LOCATED ON THE BOWL WHERE THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR TIRE RESTS WHEN RETRACTED, HAD ICE IN IT AND FAILED TO ALLOW THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR TO EXTEND. ON 1/8/94, AT 1100 AST THE ICE WAS MELTED AND THE WATER DRAINED INTO THE DRAIN TUBE. A GEAR RETRACTION WAS COMPLETED WITH NO MECHANICAL INCIDENT. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

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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