- Date
- July 23, 1978
- Place
- Kailua Kona, HI · KAILUA KONA, HI
- Injuries
- 30 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N16722Dehavilland 114-24N42SDehavilland 104-5A
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780723029672A19780723029671A
- Case key
- 140284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2727 78/7/23 KAILUA KONA,HI DEHAVILLAND 104-5A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 7000 TIME - 0920 N42S PX- 0 0 9 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 19 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KE-AHOLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KE-AHOLE,KONA,HI KAHULUI,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOTS ATTENTION DIVERTED TO ADJUST RADIO.ACFT ROLLED FORWARD 6FT,PROP HIT TAIL OF N16722.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2727 78/7/23 KAILUA KONA,HI DEHAVILLAND 114-24 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0920 N16722 PX- 0 0 17 AIR TAXI-PASSG 61, 27500 TOTAL HOURS, 56 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KE-AHOLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KE-AHOLE HI KAHULUI HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT OF N42S ALLOWED HIS ACFT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE LEFT PROP STRUCK TAIL OF N16722.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N16722
- Reported as
- Dehavilland 114-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ke-Ahole
N16722Registration cancelled Mar 23, 2006 · Dehavilland DH-114Airframe modelDehavilland DH-114Engine modelDehav ENG GQ-30 MK2
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.
- Registration
- N42S
- Reported as
- Dehavilland 104-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ke-Ahole
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.