Twin Otter havarerte på vei til Hawaii - ASN

 

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Date:	Saturday 20 May 2023
Time:	c. 14:15
Type:	Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter 400
Operator:	Seafly LLC
Registration:	N153QS
MSN:	869
First flight:	2012
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	54 km (33.8 mls) W off Half Moon Bay Airport, CA (HAF) (   Pacific Ocean)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport, CA (STS/KSTS), United States of America
Destination airport:	Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL), United States of America

Narrative:
A DHC-6 Twin Otter 400, N153QS, crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 54 km west of the Half Moon Bay Airport (HAF), California.
The aircraft had departed Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport, California (STS) at 15:21 UTC (08:21 local time) on a flight to Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii (HNL).
ADS-B data suggests that the aircraft at some point turned back, heading for HAF, until it crashed at 14:15 local time.