ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N838MA Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Monday 5 April 1999
Time:09:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Operator:Carib-Air Cargo
Registration: N838MA
MSN: 188
First flight: 1968
Total airframe hrs:16659
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA) (   United States of America)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA/KLNA), United States of America
Destination airport:Kissimmee Municipal Airport, FL (ISM/KISM), United States of America
Narrative:
Twin Otter N838MA was being operated by Carib-Air Cargo Inc., on a VFR flight when it departed Lantana at 09:42. Some two minutes into the flight no. 2 oil pressure problems forced the pilot to shut down the engine, feather the prop. and returned to Lantana. As the flight approached runway 03, the pilot heard
a radio transmission from another airplane taxiing for takeoff. As the pilot continued the approach, with full flaps extended, he elected to go-around 1500 feet from the approach end of the 3000-foot runway. The airplane collided with the ground during the go-around maneuver to runway 15.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to secure the engine oil filler cap during the preflight inspection that resulted the subsequent loss of engine power, and his in-flight decision to attempt a single engine go-around with full wing flaps extended."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years
Accident number: ATL99LA067
Download report: Summary report

Sources:
» NTSB


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accident date: 05-04-1999
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N838MA
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accident date: 05-04-1999
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N838MA
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accident date: 05-04-1999
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: N838MA
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accident date: 05-04-1999
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
registration: CF-AIY
 

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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 Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL to Kissimmee Municipal Airport, FL as the crow flies is 230 km (144 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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