De Havilland DHC-6-300 N241SA
5 May 2000 · Monument Valley, Utah, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 May 2000 at about 19:47 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300 registered N241SA was involved in an accident near Monument Valley, Utah, United States. 17 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:47
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Monument Valley, Utah, United States
- Nearest airport
- Monument Valley Airport (71V)
- Coordinates
- 37.0797, -110.2492
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-6-300
- Registration
- N241SA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Grand Canyon
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN00FA085
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was wind shear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight was departing runway 34 (4,000 ft. x 75 ft., dirt). According to the operator, the airplane encountered 'wind shear' from the right and then from the left. The takeoff was aborted. Directional control was lost and the airplane veered left and hit a dirt berm. Winds were reported to be from 210 degrees at 10 knots, with gusts to 20 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2000 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Sacramento, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Jul 2000 | De Havilland DHC-6-200 | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Mar 2000 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Carreto, Panama | Aeroperlas | Fatal | 10 |
| 24 Mar 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Saint Barthelem, Guadeloupe | Caraibes Air Transport | Fatal | 19 |
| 1 May 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Star, Idaho, United States | Bureau of Land Management | No injuries | - |
| 5 Apr 1999 | De Havilland DHC-6-200 | Lantana, Florida, United States | Carib-Air Cargo Inc., | Minor injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2000 | Cessna 172N | Kamas, Utah, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jul 2000 | Cessna 150J | Spanish Fork, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 May 2000 | Rosenvall AVID MK IV | Salina, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2000 | Culver LFA | Moab, Utah, United States | A Pair of Jacks, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 2000 | Schumacher SWEARINGEN SX-300 | Richfield, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Nov 2000 | Cessna 175 | Hanksville, Utah, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |