# Incident 20241004013939I: Dehavilland DHC-3, Seattle, WA, October 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2024, 11:40 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Kenmore Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GJRA
- Location: 47.6290° N, 122.3387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENMORE AIR (W55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6290&lon=-122.3387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-3
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,875 total, 434 in this make and model, 166 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241004013939I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 4, 2024, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A DHC-3 AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED THE KENMORE AIR LAKE UNION DOCK (W55) IN SEATTLE WA AROUND 11:40 AM LOCAL TIME FOR A SCHEDULED FLIGHT TO VICTORIA CANADA. ON THE WAY TO THE NORTH PART OF THE LAKE DURING WATER TAXI, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BUOY, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER BLADES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO WATER TAXI BACK TO THE DOCK. NO INJURIES ON ALL THE OCCUPANTS (10 PASSENGERS) AND PILOT (1 PILOT).

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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