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.
Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 1982 | De Havilland DHC-6-100 | Near Port Heide, Alaska, United States | Sea Airmotive, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jan 1982 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Calvin Cafritz Enterprises | No injuries | - |
| 12 Feb 1982 | De Havilland DHC-6-100 | Jamaica, New York, United States | Newair Flight, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Feb 1982 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States | Pilgrim Airlines | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Sep 1983 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Precision Airline | No injuries | - |
| 3 Apr 1983 | De Havilland DHC-6 | McKinney, Texas, United States | David Boatman | Fatal | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 1982 | Piper PA-12 | Near Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Seven Star Flying Club Incorpo | Minor injuries | - |
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