# Incident 19960101000019I: Dhav DHC3, Boulder City, NV, January 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKQA
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53KA-1997-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2802412, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,263 total, 88 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960101000019I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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