| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N930TG |
| 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 Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 1041 |
| Operator Titles: | Iliaska Lodge |
| 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: | 665262 |
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Built in 1957 as CF-JXP. Served with ten different Canadian operators before export to Anchorage in 1991 as N930TG. Later operating for Iliaska Lodge, Iliamna, Alaska. In a 1999 dawn takeoff accident from a lake near Iliamna, in a rolling swell, the aircraft lost its floats and sank. Recovered and rebuilt. Moved to Ketchikan with RdM Pilot/Guide Ltd in 2006. In another take off accident in 2017 while operating for Alaska Seaplane Tours, capsized and sank to the bottom of Big Goat Lake, 25 miles east of Ketchikan, with the pilot and six cruise ship passengers swimming safely to the shore. Subsequently salvaged. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 March 2024, and has since been viewed 452 times. |