# Accident 19920422010579A: Dhav DHC6200, Perris, CA, April 22, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1992, 11:09 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Airport: Perris Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N141PV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N141PV-2003-03-06) (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 DHC6200
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20A
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 16
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92MA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92MA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920422010579A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE ON INITIAL CLIMB. LEFT ENGINE FEATHERED. ROLLED. CARTWHEELED. WATER IN FUEL. 2000 LBS OVER GROSS.

## 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 LAX92MA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92MA183), Apr 22, 1992: de Havilland DHC-6-200 (N141PV), Perris, CA, destroyed, 16 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADVERTENT FEATHERING OF THE WRONG PROPELLER FOLLOWING AN ENGINE POWER LOSS, AND THE FAILURE OF THE OPERATOR TO ASSURE THAT THE PILOT WAS PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE TRAINING IN…

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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