What We Know About the Taquan Crash on May 20th and May 13th

Arthur Martin Editor POW Report Ketchikan,

Emergency Operation Center Established for Floatplane Incident
Date: May 20, 2019

Contact: Deanna Thomas, Incident PIO, (907) 228-2366
For Immediate Release:

A pilot and a single passenger are deceased after a Taquan Air Beaver Floatplane crashed in Metlatkatla Harbor Monday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m. There were no other individuals on board the aircraft.
The circumstances of the crash are not being released at this time. The names of the deceased will not be released until next of kin have been notified.

Fifteen members of the Metlakatla Volunteer Fire Department responded to the crash. A seine boat was first on scene.

Two medics were dispatched on board two Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 45-foot Response Boats. Air Station Sitka dispatched one Jayhawk Helicopter, which has since been rescinded to Sitka.

The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad dispatched a 26-foot rescue boat at 4:56 p.m. with eight volunteers.
Both individuals were brought to the Annette Island Service Unit.

Good Samaritans have the aircraft in tow and are bringing the Beaver to the beach until it can be secured.

Two are dead in a #floatplane crash in #Metlakatla. #NTSB officials say there will be 2 investigations: One into fatal crash, plus separate investigation into Taquan Air, the same carrier that operated a plane involved in the fatal mid-air collision that killed six a week ago. pic.twitter.com/XnBHvFETgF
— Beth Verge (@ktuubeth) May 21, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is sending investigators to look into the 2nd Taquan crash in one week:

Speaking of which NTSB gives a report on what happened on May 13th (tl;dw we have to wait a year for an official report). Start watching at 4:45 if you want to hear the specifics of the incident.