Plane Crash List

De Havilland DHC-6 N50RP

21 September 1983 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 September 1983 at about 00:25 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N50RP, operated by Precision Airline, was involved in an incident near Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 12 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 00:25
Classification
Incident
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nearest airport
Logan Int 1. (BOS)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC-6
Registration
N50RP
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Precision Airline
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
NYC83IA252

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
12 0 0 0 12

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 ACFT ENCOUNTERED JET BLAST WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A L-1011 ACFT WHICH HAD NOT YET RECEIVED TAXI CLEARANCE & WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TUG WHEN THE PASS BEGAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
3 Apr 1983 De Havilland DHC-6
N927BA
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15 Feb 1983 De Havilland DHC-6-300
N361V
Hailey, Idaho, United States - Serious injuries -
16 May 1982 De Havilland DHC-6-200
N103AQ
Hooper Bay, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
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16 Jun 1982 De Havilland DHC-6-100
N525N
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21 Jul 1984 De Havilland DHC-6-300
N43SP
Tau, American Samoa
no coordinates
South Pacific Island Fatal 1
20 Jan 1982 De Havilland DHC-6-300
N9240N
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
no coordinates
Calvin Cafritz Enterprises No injuries -

All 133 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 May 1983 Vector 610
UNREG
Turners Falls, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
- Fatal 1
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UNREG
Norton, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
11 Sep 1983 Rotec RALLY 3B
N116RE
Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
Richard Sarvas Serious injuries -
14 May 1983 Cessna 402C
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
no coordinates
Provincetown Boston Airlines No injuries -
8 Oct 1983 Mooney M20E
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no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
24 Feb 1983 Beechcraft P35
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no coordinates
- No injuries -

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