# NTSB LAX87IA176: de Havilland DHC-6-300, N96RA, Agana (Pacific Ocean), April 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1987
- Place: Agana (Pacific Ocean)
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 12 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25435
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87IA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25435/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87IA176

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, descent - normal
  - incapacitation, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - performed, copilot/second pilot

## Analysis

AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED ITS HOME AIRPORT AT AGANA, GUAM THE CAPTAIN PASSED OUT. THE FIRST OFFICER TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND LANDED THE ACFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF THE INCAPACITATION WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96RA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96RA-1989-12-21), registration cancelled 1989-12-21, S/N 610 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: de Havilland DHC-6-300
- Registry model: [Dehavilland DHC-6-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (registry code 2802630) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 610
- Airframe hours: 18913
- Engines: P&W PT6-27 620 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Maui Airlines
- Registered owner: Norman Kud
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 4, 1987, 30 hours before
- Departed: GRO, ROTA, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Agana

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,639 total, 1,589 in this make and model, 742 as pilot in command, 299 in the last 90 days, 85 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: GUM, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19870411018249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870411018249I), Apr 11, 1987: Dhav DHC6300, Agana, HI. Pilot became unconscious, copilot landed aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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