Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Vista Liner 300 N75GC, Wednesday 27 September 1989

Date:	Wednesday 27 September 1989
Time:	09:53
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Vista Liner 300
Owner/operator:	Grand Canyon Airlines
Registration:	N75GC
MSN:	439
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	11180 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 21
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN/KGCN)
Destination airport:	Grand Canyon-National Park Airport, AZ (GCN/KGCN)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft took off from Grand Canyon at around 09:00 for the second tour flight that day. After the tour, Canyon flight 5 was cleared for a runway 21 approach. The plane travelled down the runway about 5 feet in the air for about 1000 feet before it bounced on landing. The aircraft travelled 1000 feet and touched down on the right wingtip, crushing the aileron/flap hinge up into the wing. Full power was applied for a go-around. Control was lost as the aircraft attained an extreme nose-up attitude and the aircraft crashed into trees.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper pilot techniques and crew coordination during the landing attempt, bounce, and attempted go-around."

Accident investigation: