UNGALIKTHLUK RV, AK, USA
N10395
de Havilland DHC-2
THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS LANDING THE FLOAT PLANE ON A RIVER, AN EXTREME GUST OF WIND COCKED THE ACFT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK A RIVER BANK & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT NOTICED THAT AFTER THE LANDING, THE WINDS HAD CHANGED, WERE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST & WERE MUCH STRONGER. HE ESTIMATED GUSTS TO 35 KTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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