- Date
- December 22, 1983, 15:06 local (Dec 23, 1983, 01:06 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 25 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N929HAde Havilland DHC 7-102
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831222074889A
- Case key
- 24127
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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
While on a five mile final apch to rwy 26R the dhc 7 encountered moderate turbulence and two cabin attendants sustained injuries. At 1506:02 hours HST a western airlines DC10 requested an s turn to lose altitude in order land on rwy 26L. Seven seconds later N929HA was given a wake turbulence caution by the same ATC specialist. According to a review of the report by an ATC specialist from the bureau of technology, NTSB, Washington, DC, all FAA ATC separation requirements were met.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N929HA
- Reported as
- de Havilland DHC 7-102
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51
- Airframe hours
- 3,883
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-50, 1,174 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Hawaiian Airlines , Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 7, 1983 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, Maui, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HNL · Honolulu Int'L, runway 26R, 12,371 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,149 total · 1,131 in this make and model · 2,422 as pilot in command · 188 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.