19891028043379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Dhav DHC6300 · Molokai, HI · October 28, 1989

Date
October 28, 1989 · 18:37 local
Place
Molokai, HI
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KPVA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N707PV
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA90MA005
Reported as
Dhav DHC6300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
20
Pilot’s flight hours
3,542 total1,668 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Descended at night into IMC and collided with cloud obscured mountain.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED AT NIGHT INTO IMC AND COLLIDED WITH CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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