Accident description
Status
Date:27 DEC 1986Time:13:48
Type:
de Havilland DH-114 Riley Heron 2B
Operator:
Sunflower Airlines
Registration Q-FEFC/n / msn:14056First flight:1955
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2Passengers:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 12Total:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 14
Airplane damage:Written offAirplane
Location:near Nadi (
Fiji)
Phase:Approach (APR)
Nature domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure Savusavu- Nadi, Fiji
At 500 feet the right flap jammed at 35° while the left one continued to 60°. The aircraft rolled to 90° bank, struck the ground and cart wheeled short of runway 21.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Unsecured non-standard flap attachment pin migrated upward and lodged in a lightening hole.