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| Date: | Saturday 6 October 1973 |
| Time: | 07:05 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| Owner/operator: | South Central |
| Registration: | N176MS |
| MSN: | 1324 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kodiak, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak, AK |
| Afognak Lake, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Landed in water with wheels down after stall avoiding taxiing aircraft and was rebuilt; activ as N144GW.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://theflyingboatforum.hostingdelivered.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=94
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84859&key=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 June 1985 | N176MS | Bergt Corporation | 0 | Dillingham, AK | |
sub |
| 30 June 1987 | N176MS | Private | 0 | Wood River, AK | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2011 14:12 | TB | Updated [Cn, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2012 04:28 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2012 04:59 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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