Wednesday, April 15, 2026

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, N74GC, incident occurred on April 14, 2026, at Page Municipal Airport (PGA/KPGA), Page, Arizona

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N74GC

- History of Flight:
On April 14, 2026, at about 1440 local time, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, N74GC, registered to Diamond Bar LLC and being operated by Grand Canyon Airlines as flight 74, sustained minor damage following a runway excursion at Page Municipal Airport (PGA/KPGA), Page, Arizona. The pilot and sixteen passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 on-demand air taxi flight, which originated from KPGA at 1412 LT.

The FAA reported: "Aircraft landed, veered off runway and scraped the right wing."

At 1353, the winds were from 250° at 12 knots, gusting 21 knots. At 1453, the winds were from 290° at 10 knots, gusting 20 knots.

- Weather:

METAR KPGA 142053Z AUTO 25012G21KT 10SM BKN075 OVC090 16/M02 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP120 T01611017 58006

METAR KPGA 142153Z AUTO 29010G20KT 260V330 10SM OVC080 16/M04 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01611039

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