- Date
- April 27, 1976
- Place
- Upolu Point, HI · UPOLU POINT, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35310Dehavilland DHC-3
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760427010069A
- Case key
- 153865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1179 76/4/27 UPOLU POINT,HI DEHAVILLAND DHC-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 4321 TIME - 1458 N35310 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 401 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAMUELA,HI HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT SANK. NO SALVAGE ATTMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35310
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N35310 · 1
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