19890917035169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC2MK1 · Kapowsin, WA · September 17, 1989

Date
September 17, 1989 · 11:23 local
Place
Kapowsin, WA
Airport
Kapowsin Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5163G
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89LA174
Reported as
Dhav DHC2MK1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total160 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Engine quit on climbout with sky divers. Nosed over landing. Divers had no seat belts. Possible fuel mismanagement.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT WITH SKY DIVERS. NOSED OVER LANDING. DIVERS HAD NO SEAT BELTS. POSSIBLE FUEL MISMANAGEMENT.

NTSB investigation

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