de Havilland DHC3 Otter air taxi crash in Soldotna, Alaska

[eventhorizon]

Nine passengers + 1 pilot killed. Acft fully engulfed in flames before firefighters could get to it.

NTSB: 10 killed in Alaska plane crash - SFGate

[Diamond Bob]

Kind of odd that ten people died in this crash and it is hardly mentioned in the news, while 2 died in the Asiana 777 crash and it's been headlines for days.

[pattern_is_full]

Well, it wasn't within range of TV news helicopters.

But realistically: far, FAR more people/passengers/journalists see a jet crash in San Francisco and think, "that could have been me" - than ever expect to be in a Twin Otter in the back of beyond.

And it was pure circumstance that Asiana's crash wasn't vastly more deadly.

I'll watch this thread for developments...

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Ooops - sorry! My bad in misreading the aircraft type...

[Bob Lenahan]

DH3, or, Twin Otter?

[JanetFlight]

Bob , It was a de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Texas Turbine Otter of Rediske Air.

Reg: N93PC

[Bob Lenahan]

Thank you.

[49th]

[doyll]

Link below has image of de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Turbo Otter N93PC before
Crash of Rediske Air Otter in Alaska kills 10 people | World Airline News

[Knot Apilot]

The usual overweight or weight too aft of CG resulting in a stall?

[barit1]

Au contraire. It's a basic guideline of news reporting: your audience wants to know about things which might affect their lives.

That's why we're so engrossed with celebrity criminals.

[ohnutsiforgot]

And

Also why there are 250 visitors to this R & N section on an average visit, and over 3,000 for the last few days.

[Knot Apilot]

NTSB has uploaded their briefing from 7/7/13

Member Weener Briefs the Media on the July 7, 2013 Air Taxi Crash in Soldotna, Alaska - YouTube

Brief Transcript:

• DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter hired to fly 9 passengers and supplies to from Soldotna Municipal Airport to Bear Mountain Lodge, approximately 90 degrees to the South West.
• Airplane was airborne prior to impact with the ground when it impacted in a right wing down, nose low attitude.
• All 10 on board died.
• Wreckage located about 2,320 feet from the departure end of runway 25 and about 88 feet to the right side of the runway surface.
• All components of the airplane including all control surfaces found at crash site.
• The propeller shows evidence of rotation at impact.
• All control cables and connections to control surfaces were confirmed intact.
• They will not speculate on causes of crash until investigation is concluded in the following months.

[Chu Chu]

Sadly, "bush plane crashes is Alaska" sounds as much like a cliche as a news story. And if you only go by fatalities, the "Miracle on the Hudson" shouldn't have made the papers at all.

[Yankee Whisky]

Significant information Alaska air crash investigation

DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter hired to fly 9 passengers and supplies to from Soldotna Municipal Airport to Bear Mountain Lodge, approximately 90 degrees to the South West.
Airplane was airborne prior to impact with the ground when it impacted in a right wing down, nose low attitude.
All 10 on board died.
Wreckage located about 2,320 feet from the departure end of runway 25 and about 88 feet to the right side of the runway surface.
All components of the airplane including all control surfaces found at crash site.
The propeller shows evidence of rotation at impact.
All control cables and connections to control surfaces were confirmed intact.
They will not speculate on causes of crash until investigation is concluded in the following months.
Added to which: RH wing low and nose down impact. I think this is significant information.