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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · AK · September 16, 1998

Date: September 16, 1998 · 18:30 local
Place: AK
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N49GB
Reported as: Dhav DHC2MK1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,500 total200 in this make and model

N49GBRegistered now · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2S/N 1181 · Built 1957 Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-5)Pilot landed on a river in a float plane. He was the sole occupant on board. His touchdown was in too flat of an attitute, right float produced excessive drag, causing the airplane to swerve to the right onto the gravel bar and into small trees along the river.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT LANDED ON A RIVER IN A FLOAT PLANE. HE WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD. HIS TOUCHDOWN WAS IN TOO FLAT OF AN ATTITUTE, RIGHT FLOAT PRODUCED EXCESSIVE DRAG, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT ONTO THE GRAVEL BAR AND INTO SMALL TREES ALONG THE RIVER.

Other reports on N49GB · 1

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

Accident 20040826022009ATakeoff Ground Roll · Kodiak, AK(-23) The pilot indicated that during a takeoff from big river (approximately 150' wide) during his climb out the floats collided with a sand river bank and settled onto the tidal beach area of the river. The pilot and passengers exited the aircraft with no…Aug 26, 2004 · Substantial damage