# Accident 19970129000979A: Dhav DHC4A, Sparrevohn, AK, January 29, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1997, 23:10 local time
- Place: Sparrevohn, AK
- Airport: Sparrevohn Afs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 63.4701° N, 162.1096° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.4701&lon=-162.1096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702SC-2003-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland CARIBOU DHC-4A (registry code 2800304, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-caribou-dhc-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC4A
- Reported engine: PWA R200011M2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,987 total, 220 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970129000979A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT PROP OVERSPEED. FEATHERED. LEFT ENGINE OVERTAXED. TRIED MAKE SVW BUT IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORT. NEARA GROSS WT.

## 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 ANC97FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97FA024), Jan 30, 1997: de Havilland DHC-4A (N702SC), Sparrevohn, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: loss of the right engine propeller control oil, which led to an overspeed of the right engine and propeller, and necessitated a shut-down of the right engine; and failure of the pilot to maintain…

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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