De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, May 13, 2019 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on May 13, 2019 near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Limitations of see and avoid and...
- Date: May 13, 2019
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Limitations of see and avoid and absence of visual and aural traffic alerts on both airplanes
A float equipped DHC 3 Otter on a sightseeing flight collided in midair with a DHC 2 Beaver about 8 miles northeast of Ketchikan. The Otter landed on the water, its cabin flooded and sank, and one passenger was killed while nine passengers were seriously hurt. The NTSB blamed the limits of see and avoid and the lack of alerts from the traffic display systems.