De Havilland DHC-2 N4794C

15 July 1974 · Sitka, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 July 1974 at about 19:05 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N4794C, operated by Channel Fly SV, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sitka, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 July 1974 at 19:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Sitka, Alaska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N4794C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Channel Fly SV
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Stol Lake, Alas → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3342

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

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

ABORTED DUE UN CLR TREES ON SHORE. FLOATS HIT LOGS. WIND CALM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3342, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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