De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER N30EA
9 February 2015 · Sebastian, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 February 2015 at about 11:15 local time, a De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER registered N30EA, operated by Eagle Air Transport Inc, was involved in an accident near Sebastian, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 11:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Sebastian, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Sebastian Municipal (X26)
- Coordinates
- 27.8156, -80.4697
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER
- Registration
- N30EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1968
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Eagle Air Transport Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Sebastian → Exuma
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA15LA124
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to conduct all of the required items on the Before Starting Engines checklist, which resulted in her failure to detect an open hydraulic circuit breaker and led to insufficient hydraulic pressure to operate the airplane's brakes, her subsequent loss of airplane control, and ground collision with an airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
A de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter airplane, N30EA, collided with another Twin Otter airplane, N70EA, on the runway. The pilot of N30EA reported that, once she started the engines, the airplane rolled forward and to the left 180 degrees because the steering-tiller had been positioned sharply to the left when the airplane was last parked. The pilot stated that, when she applied the brakes, there was no response, and the airplane subsequently collided with the right wing of N70EA. The pilot of N30EA reported that, after the collision, she noted that the hydraulic circuit breaker was open; this would have resulted in insufficient hydraulic pressure to control the parking or pedal brakes. The pilot of N30EA said that she should have noticed that the hydraulic circuit breaker was open before she started the engines because it was part of the Before Starting Engines checklist.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Aircraft involved
| Aircraft | Registration | Operator | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | N30EA | Eagle Air Transport Inc | Substantial |
| De Havilland DHC 6 200 | N70EA | Eagle Air Transport Inc | Substantial |
Other De Havilland DHC-6 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2015 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Louisburg, North Carolina, United States | Rampart Aviation | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 2016 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Fentress, Texas, United States | Dilkara Leasing LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 2014 | De Havilland DHC 6 200 | Middletown, Ohio, United States | WIN WIN Aviation Inc | Fatal | - |
| 23 Aug 2014 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States | Skydive Factory, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 2017 | De Havilland DHC 6 | Perris, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Mar 2018 | De Havilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER | Arctic Ocean, United States | Bald Mountain Air Service Inc | Serious injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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