De Havilland DHC-6-300 N49SJ
1 May 2001 · Star, Idaho, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 May 2001 at about 16:30 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300 registered N49SJ, operated by Bureau of Land Management, was involved in an accident near Star, Idaho, United States. 2 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 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Star, Idaho, United States
- Nearest airport
- Snake River Skydiving Airport
- Coordinates
- 43.7208, -116.4896
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-6-300
- Registration
- N49SJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Bureau of Land Management
- Operating rule
- Public Use
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Boise → Star
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA01TA083
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Fatigue failure of the nose wheel steering cable during the landing roll. Rough/uneven terrain was a factor.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the aircraft began to veer to the left. When aileron and rudder control were not effective to re-align the aircraft's direction of travel, the pilot transferred over to the nose wheel steering control. The pilot applied corrective input all the way to the right when he heard a "clink" sound. The aircraft exited the side of the runway and collided with the terrain. Post-accident inspection of the aircraft found that the nose wheel steering cable was broken. The cable was sent to the National Transportation Safety Board Materials Laboratory for examination. The specialist reported that the end of many wires exhibited fractures on a flat plane that was perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, typical of a fatigue crack. About 90 percent of the flat areas extended through the fracture face. The metallurgist reported that approximately 50 percent of the wires from the cable contained fatigue cracking.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Saint Barthelem, Guadeloupe | Caraibes Air Transport | Fatal | 19 |
| 16 Jun 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER | Ottawa, Illinois, United States | Eagle Air Transport Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 May 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER | Fentress, Texas, United States | Phillip Chappell | Fatal | - |
| 11 Jan 2001 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Fort Worth, Texas, United States | Earth Data Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 2002 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Toksook Bay, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 2002 | De Havilland DHC-6-300 | Ketchikan, Alaska, United States | Promech Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2001 | Schweizer 269D | Nampa, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2001 | Cessna 150 | Blackfoot, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 2001 | Cessna A185F | Lucile, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Nov 2001 | Bölkow BO 105 LS | Mud Lake, Idaho, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | Cessna 182P | Salmon, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-30 | McCall, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |