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The de Havilland DHC-3 Otter involved in the late-2019 fatal accident of a 1957 de Havilland DHC-3 Otter of floats was at about 400 feet above ground level (AGL), and making the left turn prior to the final approach for Family Lake, when its right wing separated from the fuselage. (Image: TSB, Google Earth)
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on January 6 released its investigation report (A19C0138) into the 2019 in-flight breakup of a floatplane near Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba. The fatal accident involved a fatigue fracture in the right-hand wing lift strut assembly.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) explains, that on October 26, 2019, a 1957 float-equipped de Havilland DHC-3 Otter aircraft, operated by Blue Water Aviation, departed Bissett Water Aerodrome, Manitoba, on a flight to Little Grand Rapids carrying a pilot, two passengers and approximately 800 pounds of freight on board.
A DHC aircraft like the one that crashed in 2019. (Blue Water Aviation)
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The Transportation Safety Board says it has found a crack in one of the wings of a floatplane involved in a fatal crash in Manitoba.
The board says in a report released today that the fatigue fracture in the right-hand wing lift strut led to an in-flight breakup of the plane near Little Grand Rapids in 2019.
The de Havilland D-H-C-3 Otter aircraft, which was operated by Blue Water Aviation, crashed into Family Lake with the pilot and two passengers on board.
All three were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
WINNIPEG The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has revealed that a fatigue fracture in the right-hand wing lift strut assemble caused a fatal plane near Little Grand Rapids in 2019. The crash took place on Oct. 26, 2019, when a de Havilland DHC-3 Otter float plane, operated by Blue Water Aviation, left the Bissett Water Aerodrome on a flight to Little Grand Rapids. On board the aircraft were the pilot, two passengers and about 800 pounds of freight. According to a report from the TSB, the plane was about to land on Family Lake, when its right-hand wing separated from the fuselage. The plane then went into a nose-down attitude and hit the water.
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