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c/n 160
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N89H in the early days.
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Photo: © René Biber
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c/n 160
N5369N N89H
N89U*
• Delivered 02/04/52
• N5369H Humble Oil & Refining Company
• Still current 07/70 • A/W 01/03/56
• N89H
N89U regd 07/83 Ketchikan Air Service Inc., Ketchikan, AK
• Crashed 14/12/88 at Kasaan, AK. 15:05 AST • 1 K 2 inj
• SEA89FA027 THE PLT PLANNED TO LAND AT A SEAPLANE BASE THAT WAS LOCATED IN A BOWL-SHAPED COVE. DRG THE LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON WATER SWELLS & THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE PILOT INITIATED A STEEP TURN WHILE STILL AT LOW ALTITUDE TO AVOID BUILDINGS & RISING TERRAIN. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT & CRASHED ON A WOODEN WALKWAY ALONG THE SHORELINE NEAR THE SEAPLANE DOCK. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCAFT OR ENGINE WAS EVIDENT
• Regd 05/91 Scott W. Bell, Greely, CO
• Douglas F. Devries, Redlands, CA
• Regd 03/08/00
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