19960101000019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-3 · Boulder City, NV · January 1, 1996

Date
January 1, 1996 · 16:30 local
Place
Boulder City, NV
Airport
Boulder City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EKQA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53KA
Reported as
Dhav DHC3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A135
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,263 total88 in this make and model219 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: on December 31, 1995, at approximately 1630 while on a return flight from grand canyon airport to Boulder City airport, Nevada flying a Dehavilland DHC-3T carrying ten passengers on board. The aircraft N53KA experienced total loss of power approximately 5 miles northeast of Boulder City airport, forcing the pilot in command to execute an emergency landing on a power line access road from an altitude of approximately 3500 feet. There were no signs prior to failure of engine. All instruments were normal. Landing was completed with only minor damage to right main gear and nacelle. Passengers were evacuated without major injuries. Some were treated for minor injuries and were released. Company, FAA, and NTSB were notified. No NMAC report filed. This report and investigation are closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 31, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 WHILE ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM GRAND CANYON AIRPORT TO BOULDER CITY AIRPORT, NEVADA FLYING A DEHAVILLAND DHC-3T CARRYING TEN PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT N53KA EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOULDER CITY AIRPORT, FORCING THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A POWER LINE ACCESS ROAD FROM AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 3500 FEET. THERE WERE NO SIGNS PRIOR TO FAILURE OF ENGINE. ALL INSTRUMENTS WERE NORMAL. LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NACELLE. PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED WITHOUT MAJOR INJURIES. SOME WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND WERE RELEASED. COMPANY, FAA, AND NTSB WERE NOTIFIED. NO NMAC REPORT FILED. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.