De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, May 24, 2022, Dry Bay
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on May 24, 2022 near Dry Bay, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to determine...
- Date: May 24, 2022
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Dry Bay, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to determine weight and balance before departure led to operating outside the aft center of gravity limit and an aerodynamic stall on final approach. Contributing: the FAA's failure to require weight and balance documentation for this operation (NTSB).
A Yakutat Coastal Airlines DHC 3 Otter operating outside its aft center of gravity limit stalled on final approach to Dry Bay, Alaska. All four aboard survived. The NTSB cited the pilot's failure to determine the actual weight and balance.