| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N513F |
| 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): | 1268 |
| 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 2003 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 718702 |
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In US Army service from 1958 to 1972 as 57-6165. Out of storage in 1975 as N531F. Exported as C-GRCX in 1981. Reverted to N513F in 1984, initially with Claus Outdoor Adventures of Chitina, AK. As N513F sustained substantial damage in Alaska on 3 occasions, without casualties. At Bettles in 1978 hit a dirt bank on takeoff from wet, soft ground. At Bryson's Bar Airstrip in 1992 on a tailwind takeoff overran into trees. Near Kenai on a private gravel strip in August 2003 ground-looped on a crosswind landing. Became N490K of Katmai Air in 2004. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 21 August 2024, and has since been viewed 165 times. |