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2013 Soldotna Airport Turbine Otter crash
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On July 7, 2013, a single-engine de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, operated by air charter company Rediske Air, crashed and burst into flames at Soldotna Airport in Soldotna, Alaska, United States. The sole crewmember and all nine passengers on board were killed. Crash According to the Federal Aviation Administration and local law enforcement officials, the aircraft "struck the runway and burned" shortly after take-off, before 11:20 a.m. AKDT (19:20 UTC), killing all ten people on board. It was flying to an unspecified fishing lodge. The National Transportation Safety Board was called in to investigate the cause of the crash. In addition to the pilot, the crash killed nine people from two families visiting Alaska from Greenville, South Carolina. The victims' ages ranged from 11 to 74. The weather was reported to be cloudy at the time of the accident. The incident aircraft was not equipped with a flight data recorder, but was equipped with a GPS system that tracked and recorded the flight, which will be used by the NTSB for the investigation. See Also
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