# Incident 20150112000419I: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, Juneau, AK, January 12, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2015, 12:49 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P9KA
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4794C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4794C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 (registry code 2800102, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (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: DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150112000419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY. VISUAL BY THE PILOT INDICATED THE MAINS DOWN BUT BOW GEAR STILL ON TOP OF AMPHIBS. APPROACH ABORTED FOR TROUBLESHOOTING, NO BREAKERS BLOWN, HAND PUMP HAD NO PRESSURE. MAIN GEARS WOULD NOT RETRACT, NOTIFIED TOWER, WAITED FOR AK AIR JET TO LAND. TOUCHED DOWN ON MAINS AND LET BOW DOWN TO LAND ON FRONT KEEL OF FLOATS, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND FUEL SHUT OFF AS SOON AS KEEL TOUCHED AND SKID TO A STOP. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND PASSENGERS UNLOADED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N4794C (1)

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

- [Accident 19740715033189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740715033189A), Jul 15, 1974: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N4794C), Sitka, AK, Substantial damage. Aborted due un clr trees on shore. Floats hit logs. Wind calm.

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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