- Date
- July 25, 1969
- Place
- Kekaha, HI · KEKAHA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 7 serious, 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88GDehavilland DH104
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163699
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3781 69/7/25 KEKAHA,HAWAII DEHAVILLAND DH104 CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 13900 TIME - 1745 N88G PX- 1 5 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAUPAPA,HAWAII LIHUE,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT JUST ABOVE TREES.ACFT SETTLED,PLT INCR PWR.NR 3 EXH VALVE L ENG FAILED.SIGHT SEEING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88G
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N88GRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 1971 · Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 6BAAirframe modelDehavilland DH104 DOVE 6BA
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