De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Aug 16, 2007 (6 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on August 16, 2007 near Traitor's Cove, Alaska, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Inadvertent aerodynamic...
- Date: August 16, 2007
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Traitor's Cove, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Inadvertent aerodynamic stall. The pilot took off toward rising terrain in strong winds and attempted a turn with too little margin, and a downdraft reduced his ability to climb.
A float-equipped De Havilland Beaver was taking air taxi passengers back to Ketchikan from a remote bay after a ground tour. As southeasterly winds strengthened, the pilot took off toward rising terrain to avoid waves, then tried a turn inside the bay, met a downdraft, and stalled about 60 feet above the ground. Six people died, one of them about a month after the accident, and the aircraft was destroyed.