# NTSB NYC83IA252: de Havilland DHC-6, N50RP, Boston, MA, September 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1983, 20:25 local (Sep 21, 1983, 00:25 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 12 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35140
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83IA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35140/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83IA252

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller blast or jet exhaust/suction, taxi - to takeoff
  - wing,wingtip - buckled
  - visual lookout - inadequate, ground personnel
  - landing gear,wheel - separation
  - atc clearance - not obtained, pilot of other aircraft
  - wing - buckled
  - miscellaneous - premature, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED JET BLAST WHILE TAXIING BEHIND A L-1011 ACFT WHICH HAD NOT YET RECEIVED TAXI CLEARANCE & WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TUG WHEN THE PASS BEGAN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N50RP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: de Havilland DHC-6
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 295
- Engines: P&W PT6A-27 620 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Precision Airline
- Registered owner: 515 Leasing US, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: BOS, Logan Int 1.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,030 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Observed at: BOS

## 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 19830920066289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830920066289I), Sep 20, 1983: Dhav DHC6300, Boston, MA, Minor damage. Taxied behind a L1011 as it was starting engines. Jet blast blew aircraft up on a wing tip and blew out a tire.

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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