De Havilland DHC-6 N127PM

Summary

On 21 February 1982 at about 20:33 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N127PM, operated by Pilgrim Airlines, was involved in an accident near Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 12 people were on board and one died, 10 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 February 1982 at 20:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC-6

Registration

N127PM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Pilgrim Airlines

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Groton → Boston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA82AA016

1 person died.

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

APRX 15 MIN AFT TKOF, LGT ICG WAS NOTED ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE AIRCREW ACTIVATED THE WINDSHIELD WASHER/DEICE SYS WHICH USED ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL. HOWEVER, ONLY A LITTLE DEICING FLUID WAS NOTED ON EITHER SIDE. THE SYS WAS ACTIVATED AGAIN. AFT HLDG THE SW SVRL SECONDS, THE ODOR OF ALCOHOL WAS NOTED.DEICING PROC WAS STOPPED, BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER, GRAY-WHITESMOKE BGN COMING FM BLO THE FLOOR. THE AIRCREW BGN DIVERTING. THICK SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN & FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE FLOORBTN THE PLTS AS THE ACFT DSCNDD BLO THE CLDS. THE CO-PLT TRIED TO USE 1 FIRE EXTINGUISHER, BUT IT WAS TOO HOT. NO ONE ATMTD TO USE THE CABIN EXTINGUISHER. CRSH LNDG WAS MADE ON A FRZN LAKE. ALL BUT 1 OCCUPANT WERE EVCUATED BFR THE PLANE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED TYGON TUBING WAS USED IN THE DEICE SYS. AFT CONTACT WITH ALCOHOL, THE TUBING HARDENS, BCMS MISHAPED AT CONNECTION POINTS & OFTEN RESULTED IN LEAKS. LEAKS WERE REPAIRED BY RMVG ENDS & REATTACHING. A REPAIR WAS MADE ON 2/18/82 IAW DEHAVILLAND PROC. FIRE EXT LCTNS NOT SUF MARKED OR NOTED ON SEATBACK SAFETY CRDS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.