De Havilland DH-8-202 N449YV

Summary

On 27 July 1998 at about 22:50 local time, a De Havilland DH-8-202 registered N449YV, operated by Mesa Air Group, Inc., was involved in an accident near Telluride, Colorado, United States. 27 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 July 1998 at 22:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Telluride, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Telluride Regional (TEX)

Coordinates

37.9402, -107.9009

Aircraft

De Havilland DH-8-202

Registration

N449YV

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Mesa Air Group, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Montrose

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98LA353

Nobody was injured.

The inadequate chocks and inadequate chocking procedures by the operator. Factors were the unavailability of the parking brake and sloping terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During pre-start preparation, while parked nose in on a 2-degree up-slope, a Bombardier DH-8 aircraft jumped the nose wheel chocks and rolled backwards approximately 70 feet into a parked Beech 1900. The parking brake accumulator had bled off and the crew was in the process of recharging the accumulator when the accident occurred. The investigation revealed that the chocks were too small, and the minimal weight on the nose wheel where the chocks were placed was not sufficient to ensure that nose wheel rolling over the chocks.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.