De Havilland DHC6 C-FAKB

Summary

On 24 February 2010, a De Havilland DHC6 registered C-FAKB was involved in an incident near Manston, UK, United Kingdom. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 February 2010

Classification

Incident

Location

Manston, UK, United Kingdom

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC6

Registration

C-FAKB

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

ENG10RA039

Injuries not recorded.

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

On February 24, 2010 during a ferry flight from Calgary, Canada to the Maldives, a De Havilland DHC-6 300 Twin Otter C-FAKB experienced an electrical fire in the power distribution and generator control box located in the roof of the passenger cabin. The crew isolated the electrical systems and successfully diverted to London Gatwick Airport. The source of the fire was traced to the left generator reverse current relay, which was found to have a different part number to the relays authorised for use on the DHC-6 series of aircraft. The accident is being investigated by United Kingdom AAIB. United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot Hants GU11 2HH United Kingdom Tel.: (44) 1252 510300 (44) 171 890 5999 (after hours) Website: http://www.dft.gov.uk This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of the United Kingdom.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.