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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 April 1991 |
| Summary | Ditched following engine failure and loss of altitude |
| Site | 8°47′18.5″S 140°14′25.4″W / 8.788472°S 140.240389°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Dornier 228-212 |
| Operator | Air Tahiti |
| Registration | F-OHAB |
| Flight origin | Hiva Oa Airport |
| Destination | Nuku Hiva Airport |
| Occupants | 22 |
| Passengers | 20 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Injuries | 12 |
| Survivors | 12 |
On 18 April 1991, Air Tahiti Flight 805, a Dornier 228-212 flying a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Hiva Oa to Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia, crashed following a ditching attempt whilst on approach to Nuku Hiva Airport, killing 10 of the 22 occupants on board.
Background
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]The aircraft involved was a Dornier 228-212 registered as F-OHAB with serial number 8196.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rapport Final de la commission d'enquête sur l'accident survenu le 18 Avril 1991 près de l'aérodrome de Nuku Hiva (Îles Marquises) à l'avion Dornier DO 228 immatriculé F-OHAB" [Final report from the commision of inquiry regarding the accident on 18 April 1991 near the airport of Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands) involving the Dornier DO 228 aircraft registered F-OHAB] (PDF) (in French). Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile (BEA). 19 May 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Flohot, Didier (17 April 2022). "Archives d'Outre-mer : Il y a 31 ans, un Dornier 228 d'Air Tahiti s'écrasait aux Marquises" [Overseas Archives : 31 years ago, an Air Tahiti Dornier 228 crashed at Marquesas]. La Première (in French). Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Dix morts dans un accident d'avion aux îles Marquises" [Ten dead in an airplane accident at the Marquesas Islands]. Le Monde (in French). 20 April 1991. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Ten killed in Polynesian plane crash". United Press International (UPI). 19 April 1991. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "NUKU HIWA - Crash Do 228 | Crash d'AIR TAHITI aux Marquises" [NUKU HIWA - Crash Do 228 | Air Tahiti crash at Marquesas]. Crashdehabsheim.net (in French). Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Samoyeau, Antoine (14 October 2018). "1991 aux Marquises, l'autre crash, l'autre procès" [1991 at Marquesas, the other crash, the other trial]. Radio1 Tahiti (in French). Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2024.