Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 16 March 1995
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Owner/operator: Great Barrier Airlines (New Zealand)
Registration Number: N37ST
Location: 325 km off Oahu Island, HI, USA –
ÿ Pacific Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: Airplane fuel system and aircraft weight.Airplane fuel system and aircraft weight.
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a sudden emergency during a ferry flight from Oakland to Auckland via Hawaii. Due to fuel transfer problems, the crew initiated an emergency landing approximately 325 km from Honolulu. A nearby ship rescued the occupants, leading to a probable cause of the incident: a failure to properly manage the fuel system and operate the aircraft in an excessively overweight condition.An aircraft experienced a sudden emergency during a ferry flight from Oakland to Auckland via Hawaii. Due to fuel transfer problems, the crew initiated an emergency landing approximately 325 km from Honolulu. A nearby ship rescued the occupants, leading to a probable cause of the incident: a failure to properly manage the fuel system and operate the aircraft in an excessively overweight condition.
Description
The aircraft departed from Oakland for a ferry flight to Auckland via Hawaii. Whilst flying at FL120, 740 km NE from Honolulu, the crew experienced fuel transfer problems and declared an emergency. Some 325 km out of Honolulu, at 05:15 PST, the crew was forced to ditch the aircraft. A nearby ship rescued the occupants. PROBABLE CAUSE: “Intentional ditching due to the flight crew’s failure to properly manage the fuel system, and operation of the airplane in an excessively overweight condition.”
Primary Cause
Intentional ditching due to the flight crew’s failure to properly manage the fuel system and operation of the airplane in an excessively overweight condition.Intentional ditching due to the flight crew’s failure to properly manage the fuel system and operation of the airplane in an excessively overweight condition.Share on:
