# Incident 19980916035469I: Dhav DHC2MK1, AK, September 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N49GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49GB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (registry code 2800108, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2) (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 DHC2MK1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980916035469I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20040826022009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040826022009A), Aug 26, 2004: Dhav DHC2* (N49GB), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-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…

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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