Amateur-built DHC 7-102 accident near Honolulu, Hawaii, December 23, 1983
On December 23, 1983 at about 1:06 am local time, a amateur-built DHC 7-102, registered N929HA, was involved in an accident near Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu Int'L airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). 1 person was seriously injured and 1 person had minor injuries; 25 others were unhurt. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 23, 1983 · about 1:06 am local time
- Place
- Honolulu, Hawaii · Honolulu Int'L · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured and 1 person had minor injuries; 25 others were unhurt.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built DHC 7-102
- Registration
- N929HA · registry record · serial 51
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
WHILE ON A FIVE MILE FINAL APCH TO RWY 26R THE DHC 7 ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE AND TWO CABIN ATTENDANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES. AT 1506:02 HOURS HST A WESTERN AIRLINES DC10 REQUESTED AN S TURN TO LOSE ALTITUDE IN ORDER LAND ON RWY 26L. SEVEN SECONDS LATER N929HA WAS GIVEN A WAKE TURBULENCE CAUTION BY THE SAME ATC SPECIALIST. ACCORDING TO A REVIEW OF THE REPORT BY AN ATC SPECIALIST FROM THE BUREAU OF TECHNOLOGY, NTSB, WASHINGTON, DC, ALL FAA ATC SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS WERE MET.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 9,149 hours in all; 1,131 in this make and model; 188 in the last 90 days; 41 in the last 30 days; 2,422 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,883 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, December 7, 1983; 88 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 44,000 lb
- Seats: 52
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT6A-50 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: OGG Kahului, Maui HI
- Destination: HNL Honolulu HI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 26R, 12,371 ft by 200 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 090° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 77°F (25°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Passengers | 23 |
Other NTSB records under N929HA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number LAX84LA115.