Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound last month, killing 10 people. FOX13
80% of floatplane wreckage recovered near Whidbey Island after crash killed 10, according to NTSB
Authorities say they’ve recovered 80% of a floatplane that crashed earlier this month near Whidbey Island that killed all ten people on board.Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane thatthat the Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive concerning Otter seaplanes.
The newspaper reported the warning was not the result of the investigation into the Sept. 4 crash off Whidbey Island. According to the directive, federal officials received "multiple recent reports" of cracks in the elevator. The sudden failure of the elevator can cause a plane to abruptly go nose-down, similar to witness reports of how last month’s crash in the waters northwest of Seattle looked, said Douglas Wilson, a Seattle-based seaplane pilot and president of aviation consulting firm FBO Partners.
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