Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver N561TA, Monday 29 July 2013
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Date:Monday 29 July 2013
Time:19:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Talkeetna Air Taxi
Registration: N561TA
MSN: 581
Year of manufacture:1956
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Parks Highway, Talkeetna, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Talkeetna (PATK)
Destination airport:Talkeetna (PATK)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Following a complete loss of engine power, the aircraft, a de Havilland DHC-2 MK 1 Beaver, force landed on Parks Highway by Mile Marker 125 south of Talkeetna, Alaska. The aircraft was not damaged and the seven occupants onboard were not injured.

Sources:

https://www.adn.com/2013/07/30/2999897/no-injuries-after-flightseeing.html
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-on-parks-highway/article_6a278316-f898-11e2-93b1-001a4bcf6878.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:29-JUL-13,DE+HAVILLAND]

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N561TA.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

26 June 2011 N561TA Talkeetna Air Taxi Inc 0 Talkeetna, Alaska sub
28 May 2017 N561TA Talkeetna Air Taxi Inc 0 Petersville, AK sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jul-2013 03:17 Geno Added
31-Jul-2013 03:18 Geno Updated [Narrative, ]
31-Jul-2013 03:23 Geno Updated [Source, ]
31-Jul-2013 13:01 TB Updated [Aircraft type, ]

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