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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC2MK3 · Friday Harbor, WA · April 7, 1997

Date: April 7, 1997 · 17:01 local
Place: Friday Harbor, WA
Airport: Friday Harbor
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N260HC
Reported as: Dhav DHC2MK3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total400 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while landing at Friday Harbor, WA, (fhr) in gusty wind conditions, with reported windshear, the pilot became distracted and landed his aircraft on amphibious floats wheels up. The only damage was a little scraping of paint off the bottom of the floats. The company that owns the aircraft is soley owned by the pilot, and since there were no passengers there was no FAR violation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE LANDING AT FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, (FHR) IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, WITH REPORTED WINDSHEAR, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND LANDED HIS AIRCRAFT ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS WHEELS UP. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS A LITTLE SCRAPING OF PAINT OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOATS. THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE AIRCRAFT IS SOLEY OWNED BY THE PILOT, AND SINCE THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS THERE WAS NO FAR VIOLATION.