Aviation Crash Map

De Havilland DHC-6-100 N202RH

17 June 1988 · Tau, American Samoa · Serious injuries

Summary

On 17 June 1988 at about 20:36 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-100 registered N202RH, operated by Somoa Aviation, was involved in an accident near Tau, American Samoa. 16 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 15 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:36
Classification
Accident
Location
Tau, American Samoa
Nearest airport
Tau (H136)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC-6-100
Registration
N202RH
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Somoa Aviation
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Pago Pago → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX88LA226

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
16 0 1 15 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

THE CAPTAIN, WHO WAS FLYING THE TWIN OTTER FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, ENTERED A RIGHT HAND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING. A LEFT QUARTERING, 15 KNOT HEADWIND, WAS GUSTING ACROSS THE AIRPORT. UPON TURNING TO THE FINAL APPROACH THE CAPTAIN REDUCED THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE POWER TO THE LOW SPEED RANGE FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH. AS THE AIRCRAFT NEARED THE RUNWAY THE RATE OF DESCENT ACCELERATED. THE CAPTAIN'S APPLICATION OF FULL ENGINE POWER FAILED TO ARREST THE AIRCRAFT'S RATE OF DESCENT AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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