De Havilland DH 114 N81962

Summary

On 6 April 1984 at about 00:15 local time, a De Havilland DH 114 registered N81962 was involved in an accident near Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 April 1984 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Scottsdale (SD1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DH 114

Registration

N81962

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albuquerque → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA241

Nobody was injured.

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

FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS THE PLT EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS ON BOTH LEFT ENGINES WHILE TURNING FROM LEFT BASE TO FINAL FOR LDG. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ELECTED TO REDUCE POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINES. DURING THE FORCED LDG ROLL THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH 3 DITCHES AS WELL AS SMALL TREES. AS THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN BOTH LEFT ENGINES RESUMED FULL POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.