De Havilland DHC-6 N93985
5 January 1970 · Tau Island, Samoa · No injuries
Summary
On 5 January 1970 at about 10:30 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N93985, operated by Air Capitol In, was involved in an accident during in flight near Tau Island, Samoa. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tau Island, Samoa
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-6
- Registration
- N93985
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Air Capitol In
- Operating rule
- Other
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Honolulu, Hawaii → Pago Pago, Samoa
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0005
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
TRK OUTBD HNL E OF CRS.FEXHA 65MILES E OF PAGO PAGO, LNDD ON TAU ISLE BEACH, HIT ROCKS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States | Pilgrim Airlin | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Pilgrim Aviat* | No injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Lacrosse, Wisconsin, United States | Mississippi VA | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Feb 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Waterford, Connecticut, United States | Pilgrim Aviati | Fatal | 5 |
| 1 Dec 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States | Atlantic Richf | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Golden West A* | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1974 | Boeing 707 | Pago Pago, Samoa | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 96 |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Cessna A188B | PAG0 PAG0, Samoa | Transair Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 1978 | Cessna 402 | Upola, Samoa | South Pacific | Fatal | 10 |
| 5 Nov 1979 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Tau, Samoa | South Pacific | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Nov 1981 | Nitsubishi MU-2B | Pago Pago, Samoa | Dick Sawyer | Fatal | 1 |