Federal investigators release documents, data for May 2019 floatplane crash near Metlakatla
Posted by Eric Stone | Feb 4, 2021
This image from the National Transportation Safety Board’s factual report shows the Taquan Air DeHavilland Beaver overturned after landing near Metlakatla on May 20, 2019. (via NTSB)
Federal investigators have released a trove of new information about a 2019 fatal Taquan Air crash near Metlakatla. But they have yet to identify what caused the floatplane to nose dive into the water, killing the two people on board.
Witnesses told investigators that wind appeared to push the 1959 DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver to the right as it touched down at the seaplane base near Metlakatla. It skipped like a stone before one of its floats dug into the water, causing the plane to overturn and partially sink.