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The Twin Otter has been popular not only with bush operators as a replacement for the single-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter but also with other civil and military customers, with over 890 aircraft built. Many commuter airlines in the United States got their start by flying the Twin Otter in scheduled passenger operations.
The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, short take-off and landing aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver , including as a bush plane , but is overall a larger aircraft.
The aircraft types currently in production or planned for production include the DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-8 Dash 8, and DHC-515 Firefighter. [ 5 ] DHC was created in 1928 by the British de Havilland Aircraft Company to build Moth aircraft for the training of Canadian airmen , and subsequently after the Second World War, designed and produced ...
The aircraft, registration F-OIQI, serial number 608, was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27.As of 8 August 2007, the airframe had flown 55,044 cycles in approximately 30,834 hours.
The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1973, was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 registered as N707PV with serial number 400. It was first delivered to Sun Valley Key Airlines on December 18,1973. It was sold to Aloha IslandAir on March 10, 1988, and started service during November of the same year.
The red and white Twin Otter hit the water 32 miles west of Half Moon Bay on Saturday and was not heard from again. When a helicopter from nearby San Francisco reached the scene 15 minutes later ...
Both aircraft were destroyed by the collision and subsequent ground impact. The 10 passengers and 2 pilots on the Twin Otter, and the instructor pilot and student pilot in the Cessna 150 were killed. Debris fell on homes and lawns but no one on the ground was injured. The wreckage of both aircraft was scattered over an 8 to 10 city block area.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. Registered LN-BNS with serial number 536, it was delivered to Widerøe on 27 April 1977. [ 1 ] It was insured with Norsk Flyforsikringspool . [ 2 ]