# Incident 19980730035939I: Dhav DHC2MKI, Ketchikan, AK, July 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1998
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PJMA
- 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: N995WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N995WA-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (registry code 2808002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-2-mk-i-l20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2MKI
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980730035939I

## Narrative

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

IN RELEASING AIRCRAFT FROM DOCK AND PRIOR TO TAXI, DOCK BOYS' ALLOWED AIRC RAFT TO WEATHER VAN AND ROTATE LEFT WING INTO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. NO PASSENGERS' INJURED OR EVEN AT RISK.

## Other reports on N995WA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070724832419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070724832419A), Jul 24, 2007: Dhav DHC2MKI (N995WA), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On July 24, 2007, about 1405 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped de haviland DHC-2 airplane, N995WA, was destroyed when it impacted mountainous tree-covered…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.