Image taken July 8, 2021, the forward fuselage of Transair flight 810 is seen as it rests on the ocean floor.

​In this image taken July 8, 2021, the forward fuselage of Transair flight 810 is seen as it rests on the ocean floor about 2 miles from Ewa Beach. Rhoades Aviation Inc., dba Transair, flight 810, a Boeing 737-200, ditched in the waters of Mamala Bay near Honolulu, shortly after takeoff from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Hawaii, July 2, 2021. The NTSB is investigating the accident. (Image courtesy of Sea Engineering, Inc.)

Transair Flight 810 Crash

What Happened

​​​​​​​On July 2, 2021, about 0145 Hawaii-Aleutian standard time, Rhoades Aviation flight 810, dba Transair flight 810, a Boeing 737-200, N810TA, experienced an engine anomaly shortly after takeoff from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii, and was subsequently ditched into Mamala Bay (in the Pacific Ocean), about 5.5 miles southwest of HNL. The captain sustained serious injuries, the first officer sustained minor injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight was operating under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 as a cargo flight from HNL to Kahului International Airport (OGG), Kahului, Hawaii.       ​

Transair flight 810

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What We Found

​We ​​determined the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The flight crewmembers’ misidentification of the damaged engine (after leveling off the airplane and reducing thrust) and their use of only the damaged engine for thrust during the remainder of the flight, resulting in an unintentional descent and forced ditching in the Pacific Ocean. Contributing to the accident were the flight crew’s ineffective crew resource management, high workload, and stress.     

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