ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320211
Date: | Friday 2 October 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
Owner/operator: | Skydive Dubai |
Registration: | DU-SD4 |
MSN: | 132 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Dubai-Palm Drop Zone Airstrip -
United Arab Emirates
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Parachuting |
Departure airport: | Dubai-Palm Drop Zone Airstrip |
Destination airport: | Dubai-Palm Drop Zone Airstrip |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Skydive Dubai sustained damage in a landing accident at Dubai-Palm Drop Zone Airstrip. The Palm Drop Zone airstrip (06/24) is about 2250 feet (685 m) long and stretches out into the water.
The aircraft came to rest nose down on a shed about 100 meters from the threshold of runway 24.
Sources:
The National, October 2, 2015 Location
Images:
photo (c) Alan Wilson; Dubai-Palm Drop Zone Airstrip; 15 September 2015; (CC:by-sa)
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