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| Date: | Saturday 14 September 2024 |
| Time: | 08:28 LT |
| Type: |  Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Island Aviation |
| Registration: | RP-C6903 |
| MSN: | 991 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2020 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1128 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pamalican Airstrip (RPUA), Pamalican Island, Cuyo Islands -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
| Pamalican Airstrip (RPUA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB Philippines |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter skidded off the runway while landing at Pamalican Airstrip (RPUA), Pamalican Island, Cuyo Islands.
The fourteen occupants were not injured and the aircraft received minor damage (flat tire of the right main landing gear).
Primary Cause Factor
a. The PIC's decision to continue to land the aircraft with reduced runway visibility.
Contributory Cause Factors
b. Lack of situational awareness.
c. Landing the aircraft above the desired landing speed.
d. The crosswind component that the pilot encountered during landing.
e. Insufficient crew resource management between pilots.
f. Non-inclusion in the pre- and post-flight tire pressure inspection checklist of the main landing gear tire for discoloration or casting marks as an indication that unusual tire condition was developing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet/status/1834890861676834880
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/1344087_1701160974.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex C-GUVT
Location
Media:
.@CaaPhilippines says 14 passengers safe after DHC-6-400 aircraft skidded off runway while landing at Pamalican Airport on Pamalican Island in Palawan’s Cuyo Archipelago at around 8:30AM today; says aircraft currently positioned in the middle of runway, probe underway. |… pic.twitter.com/HCQ1EPiKml
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) September 14, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2024 09:52 | ASN | Added |
| 14-Sep-2024 09:54 | ASN | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 14-Sep-2024 10:25 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2025 17:03 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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