Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | woensdag 18 juni 2008 |
Tijd: | 10:01 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Wiggins Airways |
Registratie: | N656WA |
Constructienummer: | 47 |
Bouwjaar: | 1967 |
Aantal vlieguren: | 38185 |
Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 1 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 1 / inzittenden: 1 |
Schade: | Vernield |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Hyannis-Barnstable Airport, MA (HYA) ( Verenigde Staten)
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Fase: | Start (TOF) |
Soort vlucht: | Vracht |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Hyannis-Barnstable Airport, MA (HYA/KHYA), Verenigde Staten |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK/KACK), Verenigde Staten |
Vluchtnummer: | 6601 |
Beschrijving:Wiggins Airways has a twice daily flight to the Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA (ACK) carrying UPS and Federal Express packages. It was carrying about 200 pounds of cargo for the morning flight out of Hyannis-Barnstable Airport, MA (HYA). The airplane taxied to runway 24 for departure. According to an eye witness the pilot made a rolling takeoff. The airplane banked left immediately after takeoff. It then struck terrain in a steep bank.
Investigation results indicate that the upper flight control lock was still attached to the column by its removable pin. The pin attaching the upper control lock to the control column remained tethered to upper flight control lock by a steel cable. However, the pins from the two other flight control lock cables were missing, and the cables exhibited pin retaining end failures consistent with overstress.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to remove the flight control lock prior to takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to issue an airworthiness directive making the manufacturer's previously-issued flight control lock service bulletins mandatory."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 years | Accident number: | NYC08FA218 | Download report: | Summary report
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Bronnen:
» Pilot killed in Hyannis air crash identified (Cape Cod Times, 18-6-2008)
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Veiligheidsmaatregelen
FAA issued 1 Airworthiness Directive
Issued: -JUN-2008 | To: | AD 2008-CE-046-AD |
AD requires compliance with service bulletin 6/508 within 6 months of December 30, 2008. |
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accident date:
18-06-2008type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N656WA
accident date:
18-06-2008type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N656WA
accident date:
18-06-2008type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N56AN
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft
niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Hyannis-Barnstable Airport, MA en Nantucket Memorial Airport, MA bedraagt 49 km (31 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.