# Incident 19950914038779I: Dhav DHC3, Ketchikan, AK, September 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1995, 14:45 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FYWA
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 299 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950914038779I

## Narrative

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

FORWARD LEFT STRUT BUCKLED ON WATER LANDING CROSSING BOAT WAKE. WIPLINE 8000 AMPHIB FLOAT STRUT.

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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