# Incident 19890227026989I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Grand Canyon, AZ, February 27, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1989, 09:00 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon National Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GCNA
- Location: 35.9524° N, 112.1470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9524&lon=-112.1470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75GC-1994-03-22) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890227026989I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. STRUCK WING TIP ON RUNWAY. POSSIBLE NOSE WHEEL CENTERING PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N75GC (1)

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

- [Accident 19890927036489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890927036489A), Sep 27, 1989: Dhav DHC6300 (N75GC), Grand Canyon, AZ, Destroyed, 10 fatal. Bounced,veered off runway landing. Began nose high go around. Stalled into trees. Improper techniques coodination.

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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