# Accident 19791105037699A: Dhav DHC6/, Tau Manua Islan, American Samoa, November 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1979, 17:03 local time
- Place: Tau Manua Islan, American Samoa
- Airport: Tau
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N23BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23BC-1980-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (registry code 2802630, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,979 total, 1,073 in this make and model, 369 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791105037699A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80DA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA011), Nov 5, 1979: Dehavilland DHC-6 (N23BC), Tau, Antarctica, destroyed

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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