Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 05 NOV 1979 |
| Time: | 17:03 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | South Pacific Island Airways - SPIA |
| Registration: | N23BC |
| C/n / msn: | 431 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tau Airport (TAV) (American Samoa) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG/NSTU), American Samoa |
| Tau Airport (TAV), American Samoa |
The co-pilot did not call out the low airspeed on finals, causing the plane to make a heavy landing. The plane veered off the runway and collided with trees.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper level off
pilot in command - improper recovery from bounced landing
FACTOR:
copilot - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc. Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pago Pago International Airport to Tau Airport as the crow flies is 129 km (81 miles).
Distance from Pago Pago International Airport to Tau Airport as the crow flies is 129 km (81 miles).
