# Incident 19810507067469I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1981, 16:10 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philade
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103AQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103AQ-1989-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810507067469I

## Narrative

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

LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. NO BRAKES ON STEERING. PUMP SWITCH, UNAPPROVED ALTERATION, WAS OFF.

## Other reports on N103AQ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820516019349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820516019349A), May 16, 1982: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N103AQ), Hooper Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft nose pitched up on short final, pilots lost control. Aircraft stalled and crashed. Loaded too FAR aft CG.

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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