| Date: | Friday 2 October 1964 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Steward-Davis Super Catalina (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines |
| Registration: | N4936V |
| MSN: | 1705 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-2600 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Otter Lake, Chichagof Island, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Sitka Airport, AK (SIT/PASI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane nosed in after a hard landing on the water of Otter Lake.
It was transporting supplies from Sitka to build a US Forest Service cabin that was being constructed on the shore of the lake.
The airplane was a former US Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina that had been converted by Steward-Davis Inc. as a Super Catalina with upgraded Wright Cyclone R-2600 engines, a modified tail fin, a faired nose and other modifications.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
copilot - improper level off
pilot in command - inadequate supervision of flight
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - poorly planned approach
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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