De Havilland Canada Dash 7 - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

The de Havilland Canada DHC-7 has been involved in six accidents (and 10 incidents overall) with a total of 68 fatalities.

• April 28, 1982 - Aerovías Nacionales de Honduras DHC-7-103 hijacked at Le Ceiba-Goloson International Airport in Honduras with no loss of life
• May 9, 1982 - Alyemda DHC-7-103 crashed into sea near Aden International Airport in Yemen killing 23 of 49 on board.
• June 23, 1982 - Henson Airlines DHC-7 hijacked at Staunton-Shenandoah Valley Airport, in Virginia with no lives lost.
• February 15, 1983 - Rio Airways Flight 252 DHC-7-102 hijacked at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with none of 20 on board injured.
• May 6, 1988 - Widerøe Flight 710 DHC-7-102 crashed on a hillside during poor weather near Brønnøysund Airport in Norway, killing 36 on board.
• November 28, 1998 DNK Aviation Leasing Group DHC7-102 crashed after engine failed during a test flight near Ashburton, United Kingdom killing the crew of 2.
• July 23, 1999 - US Army DHC-7-102 (O-5A) crashed into mountain near Orito in Putumayo province in Colombia killing all seven on board.
• September 7, 1999 - Skyline (Nigeria) DHC-7-102 damaged from belly landing at Port Harcourt Airport in Nigeria with 19 on board (no fatalities).
• September 4, 2002 - Asian Spirit Flight 897 DHC-7-102 slid off runway at Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport with 49 on board (no fatalities).
• May 1, 2006 - Trans Capital Air (Toronto based charter company) for United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) DHC-7-102 crash-landed at Zwedru Airport in Liberia after landing gear failed to extend, with 40 on board (37 Ethiopian soldiers) uninjured.