Date:	Friday 15 November 2024
Time:	09:03
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator:	Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines
Registration:	N241SA
MSN:	556
Year of manufacture:	1977
Engine model:	P&W Canada PT6A-27
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD/KBVU), -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Boulder City Municipal Airport, NV (BLD/KBVU)
Destination airport:	Boulder City Municipal Airport, NV (BLD/KBVU)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
On November 15, 2024, about 0903 Pacific standard time, a De Havilland DHC-6-300, N241SA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Boulder City, Nevada. Both pilots and 14 passengers were uninjured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 135 revenue sightseeing flight.

The flight was returning from a tour of the Grand Canyon. The crew checked weather during the initial stages of the approach and noted winds out of the southwest gusting to about 27 knots. As they got closer to the airport, they rechecked wind and decided to land on runway 27 because it was the longest and widest. The captain was at the controls for landing and was applying control inputs to counter the crosswind which he stated was gusting aggressively. He stated that shortly after touchdown the airplane started veering to the left and departed the runway despite application of corrective control inputs. The airplane struck a runway distance remaining sign, where it sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage.

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NTSB
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N241SA/history/20241115/1611Z/KBVU/KBVU

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


5 May 2000

N241SA

Scenic Airlines

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Nov-2024 15:55	ASN	Added
18-Nov-2024 16:00	ASN	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
18-Nov-2024 16:01	ASN	Updated
07-Jan-2025 20:40	Captain Adam	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ]