De Havilland DHC-6-300 N241SA

Summary

On 15 November 2024 at about 17:03 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300 registered N241SA, operated by Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident near Boulder City, Nevada, United States. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

15 November 2024 at 17:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder City, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Boulder City Muni (BVU)

Coordinates

35.9475, -114.8611

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-6-300

Registration

N241SA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

2

Operator

Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR25LA038

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On November 15, 2024, about 0903 Pacific standard time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300, N241SA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Boulder City, Nevada. Both pilots and 14 passengers were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 135 revenue sightseeing flight. The flight was returning from a tour of the Grand Canyon. The crew checked weather during the initial stages of the approach and noted winds out of the southwest gusting to about 27 knots. As they got closer to the airport, they rechecked wind and decided to land on runway 27 because it was the longest and widest. The captain was at the controls for landing and was applying control inputs to counter the crosswind which he stated was gusting aggressively. He stated that shortly after touchdown the airplane started veering to the left and departed the runway despite application of corrective control inputs. The airplane struck a runway distance remaining sign, where it sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.