19791105037699A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC6/ · Tau Manua Islan, American Samoa · November 5, 1979

Date
November 5, 1979 · 17:03 local
Place
Tau Manua Islan, American Samoa
Airport
Tau
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N23BC
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DA011
Reported as
Dhav DHC6/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,979 total1,073 in this make and model369 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Made hard landing. Bounced. Drifted off runway into trees on edge of runway.

As the FAA filed it

MADE HARD LANDING. BOUNCED. DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES ON EDGE OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.