De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER N122PM
9 April 2016 · Fentress, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 April 2016 at about 22:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER registered N122PM, operated by Dilkara Leasing LLC., was involved in an accident near Fentress, Texas, 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fentress, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fentress Airpark (XS90)
- Coordinates
- 29.7686, -97.7756
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER
- Registration
- N122PM
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1966
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Dilkara Leasing LLC.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Skydiving
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fentress → Fentress
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA16CA184
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and a collision with a tree.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he was landing in gusty crosswind conditions following a parachute jump flight, and that the gusty conditions had persisted for the previous 10 skydiving flights that day. The pilot further reported that during the landing roll, when the nose wheel touched down, the airplane became "unstable" and veered to the left. He reported that he applied right rudder and added power to abort the landing, but the airplane departed the runway to the left and the left wing impacted a tree. The airplane spun 180 degrees to the left and came to rest after the impact with the tree. The left wing was substantially damaged. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Feb 2015 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Sebastian, Florida, United States | Eagle Air Transport Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 2017 | De Havilland DHC 6 | Perris, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2015 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Louisburg, North Carolina, United States | Rampart Aviation | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 2018 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Arctic Ocean, United States | Bald Mountain Air Service Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2014 | De Havilland DHC 6 200 | Middletown, Ohio, United States | WIN WIN Aviation Inc | Fatal | - |
| 23 Aug 2014 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States | Skydive Factory, Inc | No injuries | - |
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