ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326202
Date: | Wednesday 27 September 1989 |
Time: | 09:53 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Vista Liner 300 |
Owner/operator: | Grand Canyon Airlines |
Registration: | N75GC |
MSN: | 439 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11180 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN/KGCN) |
Destination airport: | Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN/KGCN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from Grand Canyon at around 09:00 for the second tour flight that day. After the tour, Canyon flight 5 was cleared for a runway 21 approach. The plane travelled down the runway about 5 feet in the air for about 1000 feet before it bounced on landing. The aircraft travelled 1000 feet and touched down on the right wingtip, crushing the aileron/flap hinge up into the wing. Full power was applied for a go-around. Control was lost as the aircraft attained an extreme nose-up attitude and the aircraft crashed into trees.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper pilot techniques and crew coordination during the landing attempt, bounce, and attempted go-around."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NTSB/AAR-91-01 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB/AAR-91/01
Volkskrant 28.09.89
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN); July 1989
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