# Incident 19840618035239I: Dhav DHC6300, Grand Canyon, AZ, June 18, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1984, 14:42 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: National Park
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GCNA
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76GC-1994-07-19) (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 DHC6300
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840618035239I

## Narrative

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

LOW OIL PRESSURE. WARNING LIGHT ON. FOUND LOOSE OIL CAP AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL ON ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N76GC (1)

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

- [Accident 19860618087022A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860618087022A), Jun 18, 1986: Dhav DHC6300 (N76GC), Grand Canyon, AZ, Destroyed, 18 fatal. The DHC6 was struck in the left rear fuselage by bell 206B N6TC. Both sightseeing aircraft crashed and burned.

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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