De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Jul 8, 2021 (9 killed)
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on July 8, 2021 near Örebro, Närke, Sweden with 9 fatalities. Cause: Control was likely lost when the flaps were...
- Date: July 8, 2021
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
- Location: Örebro, Närke, Sweden
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Control was likely lost when the flaps were retracted with high stick forces from an abnormal elevator trim setting, in a tail heavy unstable aircraft, at an altitude too low to recover. Several safety lapses in the operation left too small a margin.
A DHC 2 Beaver carrying eight parachutists took off from Örebro, climbed to about 400 to 500 feet and turned left in a steep descending turn. It struck the ground and burned about 48 metres further on. All nine people on board were killed.