# Accident 19891028043379A: Dhav DHC6300, Molokai, HI, October 28, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1989, 18:37 local time
- Place: Molokai, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KPVA
- Location: 21.1383° N, 157.0125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Molokaʻi, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1383&lon=-157.0125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707PV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 20
- Pilot flight hours: 3,542 total, 1,668 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA90MA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891028043379A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA90MA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90MA005), Oct 29, 1989: De Havilland DHC-6-300 (N707PV), Halawa,Molokai, HI, destroyed, 20 fatal. Probable cause: THE AIRPLANE'S CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION OF THE CAPTAIN TO CONTINUE FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES AT NIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), WHICH…

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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