# Accident 19790530042679A: Dhav DHC6200, Rockland, ME, May 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1979, 20:55 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Airport: Knox Co Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DEA
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68DE-2009-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6200
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 15
- Pilot flight hours: 5,050 total, 603 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA79AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA79AA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790530042679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DESCENDED BELOW MDA IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY, HIT TREES. INCORRECT FLAP SETTING, PILOT FATIQUE, COCKPIT PROCEDURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA79AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA79AA018), May 30, 1979: Dehavilland DHC-6 (N68DE), Rockland, ME, destroyed, 17 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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