- Date
- July 29, 2006, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sullivan, MO
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N203Ede Havilland DHC-6-100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 2009
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- Investigation class
- Class 1
- Parties
- Pratt & Whitney Canada, Woodward Governor Company, Viking Air Limited, Honeywell, Federal Aviation Administration
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 20060729016389A
- Case key
- 64226
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of power in the right engine due to the fracturing of compressor turbine blades for undetermined reasons. Contributing to some parachutists' injuries was the lack of a more effective restraint system on the airplane.
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
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Summary Report number is NTSB/AAR 08/03/SUM.
On July 29, 2006, about 1345 central daylight time, a de Havilland DHC 6 100, N203E, registered to Adventure Aviation, LLC, and operated by Skydive Quantum Leap as a local parachute operations flight, crashed into trees and terrain after takeoff from Sullivan Regional Airport, near Sullivan, Missouri. The pilot and five parachutists were killed, and two parachutists were seriously injured. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
Factual narrative
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Summary Report number is NTSB/AAR 08/03/SUM.
On July 29, 2006, about 1345 central daylight time, a de Havilland DHC 6 100, N203E, registered to Adventure Aviation, LLC, and operated by Skydive Quantum Leap as a local parachute operations flight, crashed into trees and terrain after takeoff from Sullivan Regional Airport, near Sullivan, Missouri. The pilot and five parachutists were killed, and two parachutists were seriously injured. The flight was operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N203E
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53
- Airframe hours
- 37,434.4
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adventure Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 1, 2006 · 54.6 hours before
- Departed
- UUV · Sullivan, MO
- Destination
- UUV
- Airport
- UUV · Sullivan Regional, runway 24, 4,500 × 75 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 29 nm away
Docket · 50
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 30, 2008, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 50.3 MB in all.
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 N203E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.