- Date
- September 29, 1984, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N914MAde Havilland DHC-6-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840929075699I
- Case key
- 21166
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a landing on rwy 14R, the acft veered off the left side of the rwy, hit a rwy sign & was damaged. At the same time the DHC-6 was approaching to land, a Boeing 727 was also in the traffic pattern to land on rwy 14L. According to tower personnel, the Boeing landed about 1 mi after the Dehavilland landed. However, there was evidence that the Boeing closed & possibly passed the Dehavilland during the landing sequence. The wind was from 360 deg at 10 KTS which would have drifted wake turbulence toward rwy 14R. The Dehavilland captain reported that the power levers were stiff & that the left prop sounded like it surged during the landing just after the coplt (who was flying the acft) selected ground beta. When the captain realized that the coplt could no longer control the acft, he took the controls, but was unable to avoid colliding with the rwy sign. There was minor damage to the landing gear strut fairings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N914MA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC-6-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 724
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-27, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Metroflight, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Metroflight Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SGR · Hull Field, TX
- Destination
- IAH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IAH · Houston International, runway 14R, 6,048 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 2,110 in this make and model · 5,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.