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.
The airman was following a company boat downstream on the mulchatna river. The airman departed the river in a DHC-2 aircraft on floats. After liftoff the airman lost sight of the boater. The aircraft settled down towards the water striking the boater in the back of the head and knocking him unconscious. The victim was medevaced to anchorage and is in critical but stable condition .
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRMAN WAS FOLLOWING A COMPANY BOAT DOWNSTREAM ON THE MULCHATNA RIVER.THE AIRMAN DEPARTED THE RIVER IN A DHC-2 AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS. AFTER LIFTOFF THE AIRMAN LOST SIGHT OF THE BOATER. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED DOWN TOWARDS THE WATER STRIKING THE BOATER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND KNOCKING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. THE VICTIM WAS MEDEVACED TO ANCHORAGE AND IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION .