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De Havilland DHC-6-300 N914MA

29 September 1984 · Houston, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 September 1984 at about 12:15 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300 registered N914MA, operated by Metroflight, Inc., was involved in an incident near Houston, Texas, 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
at 12:15
Classification
Incident
Location
Houston, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Houston International (IAH)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC-6-300
Registration
N914MA
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Metroflight, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Hull Field → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW84IA412

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

DURING A LANDING ON RWY 14R, THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY, HIT A RWY SIGN & WAS DAMAGED. AT THE SAME TIME THE DHC-6 WAS APPROACHING TO LAND, A BOEING 727 WAS ALSO IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND ON RWY 14L. ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, THE BOEING LANDED ABOUT 1 MI AFTER THE DEHAVILLAND LANDED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE BOEING CLOSED & POSSIBLY PASSED THE DEHAVILLAND DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE. THE WIND WAS FROM 360 DEG AT 10 KTS WHICH WOULD HAVE DRIFTED WAKE TURBULENCE TOWARD RWY 14R. THE DEHAVILLAND CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE POWER LEVERS WERE STIFF & THAT THE LEFT PROP SOUNDED LIKE IT SURGED DURING THE LANDING JUST AFTER THE COPLT (WHO WAS FLYING THE ACFT) SELECTED GROUND BETA. WHEN THE CAPTAIN REALIZED THAT THE COPLT COULD NO LONGER CONTROL THE ACFT, HE TOOK THE CONTROLS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE RWY SIGN. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR STRUT FAIRINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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