# Incident 20070808018379I: Dhav DHC2MK1, Bethel, AK, August 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2007, 10:50 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YGZC
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734Q) (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 DHC2MK1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070808018379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING ON A GLASSY LAKE CAUSING THE RIGHT FLOAT STRUT TO COLLAPSE. THE FAILURE OF THE STRUT CAUSED AN INWARD MOVEMENT OF THE RIGHT FLOAT WHICH WAS HIT BY THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N734Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20130827018139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130827018139A), Aug 27, 2013: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) (N734Q), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. On August 27, 2013 the airman, sole occupant of the aircraft, was repositioning company aircraft, N734Q, a DHC-2 beaver on straight floats, from h marker lake…

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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