Plane Crash List

De Havilland DHC-3 TURBO N4247A

19 December 1984 · West Seattle, Washington, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 December 1984 at about 19:08 local time, a De Havilland DHC-3 TURBO registered N4247A was involved in an accident near West Seattle, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:08
Classification
Accident
Location
West Seattle, Washington, United States
Nearest airport
Boeing Field
Coordinates
47.5693, -122.3993
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC-3 TURBO
Registration
N4247A
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Seattle → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA85FA034

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 1 2 0

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

ACFT WAS PERFORMING TEST FLT MANEUVERS WHEN PROBLEMS WITH THE MODIFIED FUEL SYSTEM OCCURRED. ICE BLOCKING A FUEL VENT LINE CAUSED A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN (ENGINE FEED) FUEL CELL WHICH PRODUCED AN ERROUNEOUS FUEL QUANTITY READING. IN ADDITION, THE MAIN TANK OVERFLOW SHUTOFF VALVE WAS LEAKING, SO TANK OVERFLOW OCCURRED. THE FUEL OVERFLOW CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND AUXILIARY TANK FUEL PUMP FEED TO MAIN AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN. DUE TO MISCALIBRATION, THIS SYSTEM OVERRODE PLT ATTEMPTS TO RESTART AUX FUEL PUMPS. PLT REMAINED IN TEST AREA TROUBLESHOOTING RATHER THAN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO BASE, FINALLY NOTED MAIN TANK GAGE CONTINUING TO READ 'FULL.' EN ROUTE TO BOEING FIELD, FUEL STARVATION OCCURRED. PLTOPTED TO ATTEMPT FORCED LNDG IN SMALL ATHLETIC FIELD IN RESIDENTIAL AREA RATHER THAN DITCH IN PUGET SOUND. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN INTENDED LNDG AREA, THEN BOUNCED ACROSS AN ADJACENT STREET. THE ARRESTING ACTION OF TELEPHONE WIRES ON THE VERTICAL FIN BROUGHT THE ACFT TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other De Havilland DHC-3 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 Sep 1985 De Havilland DHC-3
N11250
Cape Douglas, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
20 Sep 1986 De Havilland DHC-3
N83U
American River, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
Bering Air Service Minor injuries -
1 Sep 1982 De Havilland DHC-3
N41755
Near Skwentna, Alaska, United States Woods Air Service No injuries -
29 Oct 1986 De Havilland DHC-3
N778L
San Juan
no coordinates
- Fatal 1
27 Oct 1982 De Havilland DHC-3
N3904
Homer, Alaska, United States Kachemak Air Service No injuries -
4 Jul 1981 De Havilland DHC-3
N98T
South Naknek, Alaska, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -

All 65 records for this type

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