2021 DHC-2 Beaver crash
Skånes Fallskarmsklubb De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver · Loss of control and impact with terrain after takeoff due to an abnormal trim position and the subsequent effect on the flaps
From Örebro Airport, Örebro, Sweden to Örebro Airport, Örebro, Sweden
Event
- NTSB case
- GAA21WA169
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · led by another country; figures from NTSB notifications
- Event fatalities
- 9 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- General aviation
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- Aircraft type
- de Havilland DHC-2
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- SE-KKD
- Operator
- Skånes Fallskarmsklubb
- Onboard fatalities
- 9
- Route
- From Örebro Airport, Örebro, SwedenTo Örebro Airport, Örebro, Sweden
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Non-Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Unknown
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Unknown or undetermined
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Örebro, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The 2021 DHC-2 Beaver crash occurred on Thursday 8 July 2021 shortly before 19:30 (local time) when a small aircraft that was going to carry some parachutists crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 8 people on board and leaving one injured, but that person died a few hours later the same day due to their injuries. The deaths are believed to have been caused by the fire following the impact.
It is the deadliest accident of a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver type aircraft.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has been involved in the investigation of the accident, and in its preliminary report said:The wreckage of the aircraft has been transported to SHK's facilities in Strängnäs for further investigation. The investigative work is expected to continue for a longer period. During the initial stage of the work, the focus is on collecting as much data as possible that is important for the event. When the collection of facts is complete, the investigation enters the next phase, where the collected facts are analysed. The analysis work aims to clarify the course of events, identify the factors that affected the course and its consequences, identify the safety deficiencies that may have had an effect and, if possible, determine the causes of the event, and the municipality of Örebro has set up a crisis support centre at the airport for relatives, with postal resources".
Causes
After almost two years, it was concluded that control of the aircraft was probably lost in connection with the retraction of the wing flaps in a situation where the control column forces were high due to an abnormal elevator trim position, while the aircraft was unstable because it was tail-heavy and abnormally trimmed. The low altitude was not sufficient to regain control of the aircraft.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del DHC-2 Beaver de 2021” (revision 159518552, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del DHC-2 Beaver de 2021
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 159518552 · 2024-04-18 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q107735659
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record GAA21WA169
- Event ID
- 20210708103446
- Case number
- GAA21WA169
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- es Wikipedia article "Accidente del DHC-2 Beaver de 2021" (page 9983665, revision 159518552), translated into English with AI assistance; merged with NTSB case GAA21WA169 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record GAA21WA169
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A parachute club's Beaver taking off to carry parachutists for a jump: a parachute-club flight, which is general aviation. The article: "a small aircraft that was going to carry some parachutists crashed shortly after takeoff"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "2021 DHC-2 Beaver crash" and NTSB case GAA21WA169, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.