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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland Otter DHC-3 · Illiamna, AK · July 11, 2010

Date
July 11, 2010 · 12:39 local
Place
Illiamna, AK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61FE
Reported as
Dehavilland Otter DHC-3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total

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.

Enroute to rainbow king lodge, 5 miles sw of Illiamna experienced smoke in cabin. Suspected engine fire and landed on unnamed lake. 8 people on board, no injuries, no damage to aircraft. Passengers picked up by second company airplane and flown to lodge.

As the FAA filed it

ENROUTE TO RAINBOW KING LODGE, 5 MILES SW OF ILLIAMNA EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN CABIN. SUSPECTED ENGINE FIRE AND LANDED ON UNNAMED LAKE. 8 PEOPLE ON BOARD, NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. PASSENGERS PICKED UP BY SECOND COMPANY AIRPLANE AND FLOWN TO LODGE.