- Date
- August 2, 1993, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Samsing Cove, AK
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N450DBDe Havilland DHC-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 5876
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N450DB
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Public use
- Operator
- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, doing business as U.S. Forest Service
- Departed
- SIT · Sitka, AK
- Destination
- SIT
- Flight plan
- VFR
N450DBRegistered now · Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Airframe modelDehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SIT
Other investigations on N450DB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.