Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JUN 1988 |
| Time: | 10:36 HST |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Operator: | Samoa Aviation |
| Registration: | N202RH |
| C/n / msn: | 68 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Tau Airport (TAV) (American Samoa)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG/NSTU), American Samoa |
| Tau Airport (TAV), American Samoa |
Descended fast on final approach. Application of full power couldn't prevent the aircraft from impacting the ground short of the runway.
Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
N950JM was sold to Canada in 1975 and returned to the U.S. in 1983. After flying for Royal Hawaiian for over four years, the Twin Otter was leased to Samoa Aviation.
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 Pago Pago International Airport to Tau Airport as the crow flies is 129 km (81 miles).
Distance from Pago Pago International Airport to Tau Airport as the crow flies is 129 km (81 miles).
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.
