- Date
- February 15, 1983, 11:02 local (18:02 UTC)
- Place
- Hailey, ID
- Injuries
- 7 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N361Vde Havilland DHC-6-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830215074129A
- Case key
- 15778
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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 acft was less than 2 miles from the arpt of intended landing during the approach when the crew experienced a loss ofelevator control. The acft started diving toward the ground when the power was reduced. The plt applied full power to try and restore level flt. The crew did not recall using the elevator trim to raise the acft nose. The application of power accelerated the raising of the nose which would have raised at a slower rate using only the acceleration of the dive. The capt could not reach the arpt rwy but was able to align with and land on a hiway. The nose was still down and the acft descending with the airspeed at 120 KTS when the acft contacted the hiway and cartwheeled into a snowbank alongside the road. An exam of the elevator control revealed a push-pull rod had become disconnected from an elevator torque tube. The control had been disconnected when the acft was painted in 12/81 & was reconnected with a nonstandard, unsecured bolt. Maint records were sketchy as to the procedures during this maint. FAA surveillance did'nt detect prblm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N361V
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 361
- Airframe hours
- 4,767
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 652 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Sierra Pacific Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 5, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- SUN
- Airport
- Friedman Memoriel, runway 31, 6,600 × 100 ft
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 164 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °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.