| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N9313Z |
| Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver (L-20/U-6) |
| Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk.1 |
| C/n (msn): | 441 |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: PALH IATA: - Local: LHD Other: - |
| Photo Date: | July 1997 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 717336 |
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Delivered to the USAF in 1953 as an L-20A, 52-6078. Retired in 1972 and sold in 1976 as N9313Z. In 1992 registered to Hartley Inc, trading in Alaska as Branch River Air Service. Presumed destroyed in a sadly fatal accident with the loss of the pilot and 3 passengers in the sea on 21 August 2010. Contact was lost on a Branch River Air charter flight en route from Swikshak River Lagoon to Lake Brooks and King Salmon, AK in conditions of low cloud, restricted visibility and heavy rain. Weeks later a few small pieces of metal from the aircraft and personal effects were found washed up on a beach. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 August 2024, and has since been viewed 758 times. |