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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-2 · Seattle, WA · July 13, 1998

Date
July 13, 1998 · 10:30 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N456N
Reported as
Dhav DHC2*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN14B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
964 total840 in this make and model57 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.

(-5) Pilot misread water conditions. The a/c bounced off of a swell, then hooked the tip of the left float in the next wave, causing the a/c to turn and roll over.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) PILOT MISREAD WATER CONDITIONS. THE A/C BOUNCED OFF OF A SWELL, THEN HOOKED THE TIP OF THE LEFT FLOAT IN THE NEXT WAVE, CAUSING THE A/C TO TURN AND ROLL OVER.