- Date
- August 25, 1977
- Place
- Kailua Kona, HI · KAILUA KONA, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4917Skyvan SC-7
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770825040149A
- Case key
- 145506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4180 77/8/25 KAILUA KONA,HI SKYVAN SC-7 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0540 N4917 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 60, 25107 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 161 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KE-AHOLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI KAILUA KONA,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4917
- Reported as
- Skyvan SC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ke-Ahole
N4917Registration cancelled Feb 14, 1978 · Short Bros. & Harland SC-7 SKYVANAirframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SC-7 SKYVAN
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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.