# NTSB SEA70A0004: Dehavilland DHC-2, Wenatchee, WI, July 23, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 23, 1969
- Place: Wenatchee, WI · WENATCHEE, WI
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0023  69/7/23    WENATCHEE,WIS       DEHAVILLAND DHC-2   CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1114                    CF-MGS              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            25, 1475 TOTAL HOURS, 151
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGBORN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          NANAIMO,BC                  WENATCHEE,WIS                FRIDAY HARBOR,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. LND ON SWIFT RIVER. OP DISPATCHED FLT INTO AREA WITH NO DOCKING FACIL. PX DROWNED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-MGS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-2
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pangborn

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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