Thorne Bay - Ketchikan

On November 10, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Thorne Bay - Ketchikan experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by Ketchikan Air Service, with the event recorded near Thorne Bay Alaska.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine airplane was returning to its base in Ketchikan following maintenance in Thorne Bay. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the engine lost power, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. While landing on water, a control wire snapped, causing the airplane to nose down in the water, coming to rest upside down. All three occupants were rescued by coastguard 20 minutes later and the aircraft sank.

Aircraft reference details include registration N98AT, MSN 181, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.6855°, -132.5268°.