Explore the history of the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, which first flew on December 12, 1951. A rugged, STOL-capable ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Viking Limited DHC-3 Otter airplanes to address possible issues with the lock ring on the stabilizer.

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging US and Canadian regulators to immediately require inspections of De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters following a deadly September crash. “The ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging aviation regulators to require De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters be equipped with secondary devices to prevent horizontal stabiliser actuators ...

The investigation into the crash of a seaplane north of Seattle last month that killed 10 people is focusing on the tail of the de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter turboprop. The National Transportation ...

The NTSB confirmed Sept. 12 that it has located the wreckage of the DHC-3 Turbine Otter seaplane that crashed in the Puget Sound off Whidbey Island, Washington, eight days earlier. Supported by the ...

Following the September fatal crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter floatplane in Washington State, the FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive calling for the immediate visual ...

There are certain aircraft that are ubiquitous on the Alaska landscape: the Super Cub, Cessna 180 and 207, the Caravan, the Piper Navajo and from de Havilland, the Otter and Beaver. Capable of ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a formal and urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration and its Canadian counterpart that they mandate an immediate ...

Tourists board a Wings Airways DeHavilland DHC-3 Otter in May 2022. A similar plane operated by a Washington carrier crashed into Puget Sound in September 2022, killing all 10 aboard. (Eric Stone/KRBD ...

SEATTLE — A year after the deadly floatplane crash near Whidbey Island, the National Transportation Safety Board is focused on the design and maintenance of the part that could have failed and caused ...

SEATTLE — The federal agency investigating the September seaplane crash off Whidbey Island said Monday that its experts have identified a potential cause of the deadly accident and called for similar ...