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De Havilland DHC-6-200 N103AQ

16 May 1982 · Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 16 May 1982 at about 18:15 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-200 registered N103AQ, operated by Gifford Aviation, was involved in an accident near Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States. 8 people were on board and 8 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Hooper Bay (HPB)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC-6-200
Registration
N103AQ
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Gifford Aviation
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bethel → Hooper Bay
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DCA82AA022

People

8 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
8 0 8 0 0

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

AT 0833 ADT, THE ACFT DEPARTED BETHEL, AK ON A SCHEDULED PAX/CARGO COMMUTER FLT TO CHEVAK, SCAMMON BAY & HOOPER BAY, AK. THE OPERATOR'S COMMUTER FLTS HAD NOT LANDED AT SCAMMON BAY FOR SVRL DAYS SINCE THE RWY WAS SOFT & MUDDY FROM MELTINGSNOW. BFR DEPARTING CHEVAK, 902 LBS OF MAIL & BAGGAGE WAS PLACED IN THE AFT BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. ALSO, 2 PAX'S WERE ASKED TO SIT IN THE MOST AFT SEATS "TO LIGHTEN THE NOSE." AT SCAMMON BAY, THE UNEVENTFUL LNDG WAS MADE FROM A SHALLOW APCH WITH HI PWR. AFTER LANDING, 278 LBS OF MAIL WAS REMOVED FROM THE NOSE COMPARTMENT, LEAVING IT EMPTY, & 191 LBS OF CARGO WAS REMOVED FROM THE CABIN. THIS WAS DONE WITH 1 ENG RUNNING, NO OTR LOAD CHGS WERE MADE BFR TKOF. THE PAX RPRTD THAT DRG APCH TO HOOPER BAY, THE PWR WAS REDUCED ON A SOMEWHAT STEEPER APCH & THE SQUARE (FLAP) HNDL WAS MVD. THEY RPRTDTHAT SOON THEREAFTER, THE NOSE PITCHED UP & STALL WRNG SOUNDED. THE PLANE CRASHED APRX 1320 FT SHORT OF RWY 13. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CG WAS APRX 7.7% BHND THE MAX AFT LMT. NO PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL FAILURE WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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