# Accident 20200306001489A: Dehavilland DHC-6-300, Boulder City, NV, March 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2020, 11:15 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GCNA
- Location: 35.9472° N, 114.8647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9472&lon=-114.8647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72GC-2024-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (registry code 2802630, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 series (registry code 52141, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-27-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-300
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A-27
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 20,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200306001489A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 6, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 LOCAL TIME, N72GC LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE BOULDER CITY AIRPORT (BVU) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT.  A PILOT UNDER THE COMPANIES INITIAL NEW HIRE PART 135 TRAINING PROGRAM WAS AT THE CONTROLS DURING THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE AND CONTINUED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. THE COMPANY INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND TOLD THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION TO RELEASE THE CONTROLS; TWICE. THE INSTRUCTOR ADDED LEFT RUDDER AND POWER TO BOTH ENGINES. MORE POWER WAS ADDED TO THE RIGHT ENGINE TO MANEUVER BACK TO THE CENTERLINE. THE INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH DRIFTED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, WING RIB, AND AILERON. NO INJURIES OR POST CRASH FIRE WAS REPORTED.

## 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 WPR20CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA112), Mar 6, 2020: De Havilland DHC6 (N72GC), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The trainee pilot's loss of directional control during landing and his subsequent unintentional control interference with the brakes and/or rudder during the trainer pilot's attempted remedial…

## Other reports on N72GC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990525021539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525021539A), May 25, 1999: Dhav DHC6300 (N72GC), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On may 25, 1999, about 0005 Alaska daylight time, a Dehavilland DHC-6-300 airplane, N72GC, sustained substantial damage during the downwind portion of the…

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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