- Date
- November 5, 1979
- Place
- Tau, Antarctica · TAU, American Samoa
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 17 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23BCDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791105037699A
- Case key
- 133648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3088 79/11/5 TAU,AMER SAMOA DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1703 N23BC PX- 0 1 15 AIR TAXI-PASSG 40, 6979 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1073 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAGO PAGO,AMER SAMOA TAU,AMER SAMOA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) COPILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- COPILOT DID NOT CALL OUT LOW AIRSPEED ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23BC
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tau
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.