Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 05 APR 1999 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Operator: | Carib-Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N838MA |
| C/n / 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 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lantana, FL (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | West Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL (LNA), United States of America |
| Kissimmee Municipal Airport, FL (ISM), United States of America |
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: "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." Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
Wreckage of DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N838MA, (c) Christer Sidelöv (sierraechochris@yahoo.com)
Wreckage of DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N838MA, (c) Christer Sidelöv (sierraechochris@yahoo.com)
Wreckage of DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N838MA, (c) Christer Sidelöv (sierraechochris@yahoo.com)
CF-AIY was leased and later sold to Haiti Air Inter, moved to the Haitian Air Force and was sold as N838MA after 11 years.
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 West Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL to Kissimmee Municipal Airport, FL as the crow flies is 230 km (144 miles).
Distance from West Palm Beach-Palm Beach County Airport, FL to Kissimmee Municipal Airport, FL as the crow flies is 230 km (144 miles).
