# Accident 20010111001249A: Dhav DHC6300, Fort Worth, TX, January 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7994° N, 97.1906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7994&lon=-97.1906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824ED (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010111001249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/11/01, AT 1600 CST, A DHC-6-300, N824ED, OWNED BY TWIN OTTER LLC, 45W. WATKINS MILL ROAD, GAITHERSBURG, MD. WAS INVOLVED IN AN OFF-FIELD LANDING AFTER A DOUBLE ENGINE FAILURE DURING AN ILS APPROACH TO FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT. TEH AIRCRAFT WAS IN IMC ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN DURING THE ILS APPROACH WHEN THE FLAME OUTS OCCURRED. ATC ATTEMPTED TO VECTOR THE AIRPLANE OFF THE ILS APPROACH TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, BUT THE A/C WAS UNABLE TO REACH IT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT (CEILING 1100 FEET AND VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 3 MILES) THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CREW WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA (AEX) ON 1/11/01 AT 1310 CST.

## 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 FTW01LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA049), Jan 11, 2001: de Havilland DHC-6-300 (N824ED), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the loss of power to both engines for undetermined reasons during approach. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to properly position the fuel selector in accordance with the landing…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.