Accident: Dehavilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER
Feb 9, 2015 · Sebastian, FL
NTSB numberERA15LA124Event id20150210X11721
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 3
- Uninjured
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. The failure of the other airplane pilot 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.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Dehavilland DHC 6 TWIN OTTER
- Registration
- N30EA
- Year built
- 1968
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) start-up Loss of control on ground
- Aircraft
- Dehavilland DHC 6 200
- Registration
- N70EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) not oper Ground collision
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB)10 nm (19 km) south
- Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB)19 nm (36 km) north-west
- Treasure Coast International Airport (FPR)20 nm (37 km) south
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