# Incident 19960821035379I: Dhav DHC2MK1, Sitka, AK, August 21, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1996, 14:40 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Airport: Sitka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M5VA
- Location: 57.0521° N, 135.3462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SITKA (A29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0521&lon=-135.3462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N539DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N539DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A (registry code 2800105, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MK1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960821035379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PRIOR TO LANDING DHC-2 N539DH AT SITKA, PILOT BILL POST, SELECTED GEAR DOWN THE PILOT, POST, NEGLECTED TO ACTIVATE THE PANEL POWER SWITCH THAT ACTIVATED THE GEAR PUMP. HE ALSO NEGLECTED TO DO A VISUAL GEAR CHECK PRIOR TO LANDING. THE FLOAT (AMPHIBIAN) PLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS. THERE WERE 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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