De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Sep 6, 2015, Louisbu...
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on September 6, 2015 near Louisburg-North Raleigh, North Carolina, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB...
- Date: September 6, 2015
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Louisburg-North Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (report ERA15LA343, as cited by secondary summaries): the propeller moved to the beta position during landing, for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in an attempted go around and subsequent loss of airplane control.
A DHC 6 Twin Otter on a cross country aerial observation flight was on final at Louisburg, North Carolina, when the right propeller appeared to move toward beta as power was reduced. The aircraft yawed right despite corrective inputs, and after a go around attempt it touched down in grass and struck trees, separating the right wing, engine and propeller. The NTSB could not determine why the propeller moved toward beta, and sources disagree on the number of injured occupants.