19940108003319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER · Ofu Village, American Samoa · January 8, 1994

Date
January 8, 1994 · 15:30 local
Place
Ofu Village, American Samoa
Airport
Ofu Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SMPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N28SP
Reported as
Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,505 total3,324 in this make and model292 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: a low level windshear was experienced resulting in a hard landing. The pilot reported reduced left brake effectiveness and the aircraft rolled off the runway onto a coral packed service road. Damage consisted of a pinched hydraulic brake line on the left side, two landing gear compression blocks (one on each side), faring, and the tail skid. Pilot reported weather conditions of 2,500 ft. overcast, unrestricted visibility, winds variable north northwest 15 gusts to 25. The runway being located on the down wind side of a 1621 foot mountain with the wind socks on either end of the runway opposing each other. Incident iwp 3394005 no NMAC no pilot deviation closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A LOW LEVEL WINDSHEAR WAS EXPERIENCED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED REDUCED LEFT BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A CORAL PACKED SERVICE ROAD. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A PINCHED HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE, TWO LANDING GEAR COMPRESSION BLOCKS (ONE ON EACH SIDE), FARING, AND THE TAIL SKID. PILOT REPORTED WEATHER CONDITIONS OF 2,500 FT. OVERCAST, UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY, WINDS VARIABLE NORTH NORTHWEST 15 GUSTS TO 25. THE RUNWAY BEING LOCATED ON THE DOWN WIND SIDE OF A 1621 FOOT MOUNTAIN WITH THE WIND SOCKS ON EITHER END OF THE RUNWAY OPPOSING EACH OTHER. INCIDENT IWP 3394005 NO NMAC NO PILOT DEVIATION CLOSED.

Other reports on N28SP · 2

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