# Accident 20000731005409A: Dhav DHC6200, Raleigh-Durham, NC, July 31, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2000, 00:33 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8497° N, 78.7511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8497&lon=-78.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201RH-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000731005409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT, WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE RALEIGH, NC (RDU) AIRPORT AT MIGHT WITH A LOW CEILING. THE RALEIGH ATC HAD THE AIRCRAFT IN RADAR CONTACT BUT WAS NOT PROVIDING VECTORS TO THE PILOT.  ACCORDING TO THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, THE PILOT DESCENDED OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. MSL.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND TO APPROXIMATELY 500 FT. MSL.  AT THIS TIME, RDU ATC ADVISED THE PILOT THAT HE WAS SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND PROCEEDING AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT.  THE LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION FROM THE PILOT WAS THAT THEY WERE TURNING BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AT APPROXIMATELY 00:33 LOCAL TIME.  THE PASSENGER STATED THAT HE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THE TREESAND THEN FELT THE RIGHT WING STRIKE A TREE.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE IARPORT IN THE WM. B. UMSTEAD PARK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT FATALLY INJURIED.  THE TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 MIA00FA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA229), Jul 31, 2000: de Havilland DHC-6-200 (N201RH), Raleigh, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions, by failing to maintain altitude, and descending from VFR conditions into IMC, which resulted in him subsequently impacting with trees. Factors 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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