# Accident 19950713024639A: Dhav DHC3, Ketchikan, AK, July 13, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1995, 18:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FYWA
- Location: 55.6106° N, 131.5794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6106&lon=-131.5794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC95LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950713024639A

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE AMPHIBIAN LOST ELEVATOR SERVO TAB. LANDED SAFE ON WATER. HAD PRIOR UNSEEN CRACKS. HIGH TAIL UNCHECKED

## 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 ANC95LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA103), Jul 14, 1995: de Havilland DHC-3 (N472PM), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE CRACKS IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR SERVO TAB, WHICH RESULTED IN ITS SUBSEQUENT FAILURE AND PARTIAL SEPARATION.

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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