De Havilland DHC-6 N386EX

12 May 1981 · Unity, Maine, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 May 1981 at about 09:30 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N386EX, operated by Air New England, was involved in an incident during in flight near Unity, Maine, United States. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 May 1981 at 09:30
Classification: Incident
Location: Unity, Maine, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N386EX
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Air New England
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Waterville, Me → Boston, Ma
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0015

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
8	0	0	0	8

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

SVR VIB, LOST EL CTL/TRIM.TRIM TAB BLT, AN23-15, MSG, EL TORQUE TUBE BLT, AN175-27A, FAILED FM FATIGUE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0015, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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