De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, Mar 31, 2011 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on March 31, 2011 near Mayo, Yukon, Canada with 1 fatality. Cause: The aircraft left controlled flight for reasons...
- Date: March 31, 2011
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Mayo, Yukon, Canada
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft left controlled flight for reasons that could not be determined and broke up at high speed.
A turbine-powered Otter on a cargo flight from Mayo, Yukon toward the Rackla airstrip broke up in flight over a snow-covered hillside about 38 nautical miles northeast of Mayo. The emergency locator alert came in minutes after the pilot had left, and the wreckage was found later that afternoon. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed.