Thread: Another skydiving death at Perris
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Old 02-22-2012, 10:32   #15
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Originally Posted by mojaveman View Post
Contaminated fuel, inexperienced pilots and a mechanical problem led to the crash of a Twin Otter on take off that killed about 15 people.
I knew that plane, N141GW, well. It was from our stable at Golden West Airlines. After we went out of business, it went to Honduras for awhile then PV bought or leased it and changed the N number to 141PV. I don't recall a mechanical problem on that flight but I believe the pilot feathered the wrong prop when the bad fuel shut an engine down. Ironically, the lead NTSB investigator was a former GWA pilot and had a lot of time in 141GW.

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