De Havilland DHC-2 N616W

Summary

On 28 February 1973 at about 11:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N616W, operated by Alaska Island, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sitka, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1973 at 11:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sitka, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-2

Registration

N616W

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Alaska Island

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Petersburg, Alas → S

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-0687

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MANEUVERING BLO LOW CLGS, SET UP LDG.ENG LOST PWRAND PLT LND NEAR BEACH. FLOATS HIT ROCKS AT SHORE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.