ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 N46RA Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Sunday 21 September 1980
Time:13:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:Rio Airways
Registration: N46RA
MSN: 606
First flight: 1979
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP/KCWC), United States of America
Destination airport:Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), United States of America
Narrative:
The DHC-6 took off with the gust locks still engaged. The pilot lost control and the airplane crashed.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged
FACTOR:
weather - unfavorable wind conditions

Classification:
Locked rudders/ailerons/gustlock
Loss of control

Sources:
» NTSB


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Distance from Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 171 km (107 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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