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| Date: | Wednesday 23 May 2018 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Key West Seaplane Adventures |
| Registration: | N379PM |
| MSN: | 379 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Key West International Airport (KEYW), Key West, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Key West Int’l (KEYW) |
| Dry Tortugas Nat’l Park beach | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft experienced a landing gear collapse during a precautionary return to the point of departure at Key West International Airport (KEYW), Key West, Florida. The floatplane sustained unreported damage and the eleven occupants onboard were not injured.
Sources:
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/monroe-county/sight-seeing-float-plane-suffers-wheel-failure-becomes-disabled-upon-landing-at-key-west-airport
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N379PM
https://keywestseaplanecharters.com/sightseeing-flights/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 April 2016 | N379PM | Key West Seaplane Adventures | 0 | Key West International Airport (KEYW), Key West, FL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2018 02:50 | Geno | Added |
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