ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 N203E Sullivan Regional Airport, MO
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Saturday 29 July 2006
Time:13:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
Operating for:Quantum Leap Skydiving Center
Leased from:Adventure Aviation
Registration: N203E
MSN: 53
First flight: 1967-06-14 (39 years 2 months)
Total airframe hrs:37434
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Sullivan Regional Airport, MO (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Parachuting
Departure airport:Sullivan Regional Airport, MO (KUUV), United States of America
Destination airport:Sullivan Regional Airport, MO (KUUV), United States of America
Narrative:
Twin Otter N203E departed Sullivan Regional carrying seven skydivers. Immediately after takeoff from runway 06 witnesses heard a popping sound. The Twin Otter lost height, contacted a utility pole, a tree and crashed next to a house at 1039 North and South Road, just northwest of the airport.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of power in the right engine due to the fracturing of compressor turbine blades for undetermined reasons. Contributing to some parachutists’ injuries was the lack of a more effective restraint system on the airplane."

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 2 months
Accident number: NTSB AAR-08-03/SUM
Download report: Final report

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» Sky divers' plane crashes, killing 6 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch 29-7-2006)


Follow-up / safety actions

NTSB issued 4 Safety Recommendations

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accident date: 29-07-2006
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N203E
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accident date: 29-07-2006
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N203E
photo of DHC-6-Twin-Otter-100-N203E
accident date: 29-07-2006
type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100
registration: N203E
 

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