- Date
- January 28, 1991, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Nome, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N212NYDe Havilland DHC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910128001219A
- Case key
- 5515
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 piston linkrods which were broken at the master rod attach end. Contributing to the accident was the rough, uneven terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During climbout the engine lost power. The pilot made an emergency landing on the ice pack. After removal of the airplane engine, examination revealed the number 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 piston linkrods were broken at the master rod attach end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N212NY
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 330
- Airframe hours
- 7,210
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-59, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Donald L. Olson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- WAA · Wales, AK
- Destination
- DIO · Little Diomede, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 13,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -15 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N212NY · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.