c/n 948

N712TS parked at Anacortes, Washington.

Photo:   Dave Adam  ©   July 2002

C-FGAL at Fort St. James, British Columbia.

Photo:  John Olafson  ©  1990's

ZK-BMF with Fieldair in New Zealand.

Photo: Photographer unknown - Archival image.

ZK-BMF in demonstrator mode.

Photo: Bob Cranston (c) 1960 - via Graeme Mills

c/n 948 ZK-BMF  C-FGAL N712TS • Delivered 24/08/56 • ZK-BMF De Havilland Aircraft Co of NZ Ltd., Wellington, NZ • f/f 04/03/58 • Sold to Fieldair Ltd., Gisborne, NZ., 24/04/61 • Sold to Fieldair Holdings (Central) Ltd., Palmerston North • wfu 1986 • Sold to F. R. & M. K. Wright, Tauranga • Reported on rebuild at Gisborne for Tauranga owner • Canx 13/08/92 • C-FGAL regd 14/08/92  • Regd 07/10/92 Glacier Air Ltd., Fort St. James, BC • Canx 22/12/98 • N712TS Hans W. Munich, Eastsound, WA • Regd 07/12/00 • Crashed 20/09/04 5K • FAA report  ANC04FAMS2 • Missing, presumed destroyed •

** Report created 10/14/2004 Record 7 ********************************************** IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 712TS Make/Model: DHC2 Description: DHC-2 Mk1 Beaver (U-6, L-20) Date: 09/20/2004 Time: Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: Y Damage: Unknown LOCATION City: SITKA State: AK Country: US DESCRIPTION HARRIS AIRCRAFT SERVICES, N712TS, DEHAVILAND DHC2 BEAVER, WAS ISSUED AN ALERT NOTICE AS MISSING ON 9/20/04, SEARCH AND RESCUE ACTIVITY SUSPENDED 9/30/04, THE FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD ARE ASSUMED FATAL, SITKA, ALASKA TO BARANOF WARM SPRINGS, ALASKA INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 5 # Crew: 1 Fat: 1 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y # Pass: 4 Fat: 4 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: Y # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Business Phase: Unknown Operation: Air Taxi (On Demand) Departed: SITKA, AK Dep Date: 09/20/2004 Dep. Time: 1835 Destination: BARANOF WARM SPRINGS Flt Plan: VFR Wx Briefing: Y Last Radio Cont: DEPARTING RY 11 SIT Last Clearance: NONE FAA FSDO: JUNEAU, AK (AL05) Entry date: 10/14/2004 > September 25th - 5:29 pm ET > No sign of missing plane, search enters sixth day > > The Associated Press > SITKA, Alaska — There has been no trace of a missing floatplane as > the search for it and its five occupants entered its sixth day in > Southeast Alaska. > > Coast Guard officials had hoped a break in the weather Friday would > turn up signs of the plane's passage, but flyovers of mountain > passes the plane may have taken yielded nothing, according to Lt. Matt > Moorlag at the Coast Guard's Juneau command center. > > The search by Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol and private aircraft > continued Saturday. Wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour were > expected in the area by evening, which could hamper the search. > > "So we're trying to search as much as we possibly can with the > weather window we have today," Moorlag said. > > Those on board are Joe Murphy, of Bremerton, Wash., senior vice > president of the Washington State Labor Council; his twin brother, > Jim Murphy, of Sequim, Wash.; Jerry Balmer, of Auburn, Calif.; > Lloyd > Koenig, of Pleasanton, Calif., and pilot Eric Johnson of Sitka. > > The four passengers were on a fishing vacation together. They took > off from Sitka on Monday and were destined for Baranof Wilderness > Lodge at Warm Springs Bay to the east of the island. > > Copyright 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.