FAA's airworthiness directive for DHC-3 Otter aircraft is the second to be issued by the agency since a September crash near Seattle killed 10.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging aviation regulators to require De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters be equipped with secondary devices to prevent horizontal stabiliser ...

NTSB Probe Into Downed DHC-3 Seaplane Focuses on Tail In a new report, the National Transportation Safety Board said it is focusing on a broken part as a potential cause of the September Otter ...

A quick look at the de Havilland DHC-3 Otter's performance and accident stats in Alaska over the years: Otters have been involved in 34 accidents in the past 50 years.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging US and Canadian regulators to immediately require inspections of De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters following a deadly September crash.

The NTSB has located the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter seaplane that crashed in the Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, Washington.

“There’s no heavy maintenance.” Last week, local DHC-3 Otter operator Kenmore Air conducted the inspections on its fleet of 10 airplanes and found no issues.

Following the September fatal crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter floatplane in Washington State, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the immediate visual ...

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Before it crashed into Mutiny Bay off Whidbey Island, the DHC-3 Otter floatplane appeared to be in control for the first 18 minutes of its flight from Friday Harbor to Renton, according to ...