Accident · 1997-01-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-01-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- de Havilland DHC-4A (N702SC)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SOUTH CENTRAL AIR
Probable cause
loss of the right engine propeller control oil, which led to an overspeed of the right engine and propeller, and necessitated a shut-down of the right engine; and failure of the pilot to maintain adequate altitude/distance from terrain during visual approach for a precautionary landing at an alternate airport. Factors relating to the accident were: fluctuation of the left engine power, premature lowering of the airplane flaps, and an encounter with adverse weather conditions (including high winds, severe turbulence, and white-out conditions) during the approach.
Source: NTSB case ANC97FA024Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.