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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event ANC85LA104

1985-06-21 UNGALIKTHLUK RV, Alaska, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N10395

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DEHAVILLAND BEAVER DHC-2

Year of manufacture

1959 · 26 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19980828

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A0138A

Registrant of record

FLYWAYS NORTH LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS LANDING THE FLOAT PLANE ON A RIVER, AN EXTREME GUST OF WIND COCKED THE ACFT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK A RIVER BANK & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT NOTICED THAT AFTER THE LANDING, THE WINDS HAD CHANGED, WERE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST & WERE MUCH STRONGER. HE ESTIMATED GUSTS TO 35 KTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ANC85LA104.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (loss of control). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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