Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 21 SEP 1980 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Rio Airways |
| Registration: | N46RA |
| C/n / msn: | 606 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX (KIP), United States of America |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX (DFW/KDFW), United States of America |
The DHC-6 took off with the gust locks still engaged. The pilot lost control and the airplane crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
miscellaneous acts,conditions - gust locks engaged
FACTOR:
weather - unfavorable wind conditions Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 171 km (107 miles).
Distance from Wichita Falls-Kickapoo Airport, TX to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX as the crow flies is 171 km (107 miles).
