de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter

E463821
STOL utility aircraft bush plane single‑engine aircraft

The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a rugged single-engine STOL utility aircraft renowned for its versatility in bush flying, passenger transport, and cargo operations in remote regions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
De Havilland Otter 1
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (early versions / some variants) 1
de Havilland Canada DHC‑3 Otter 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf STOL utility aircraft ⓘ
bush plane ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
canBeFittedWith amphibious floats ⓘ
floats ⓘ
skis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 160 mph ⓘ
designedFor short takeoff and landing operations ⓘ
engineConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1951-12-12 ⓘ
followedBy de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariant DHC-3T turbine conversion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas Turbine Otter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vazar turbine Otter ⓘ
height 4.06 m ⓘ
introducedInYear 1952 ⓘ
landingGearType conventional landing gear ⓘ
fixed landing gear ⓘ
length 12.88 m ⓘ
manufacturer de Havilland Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumPassengerCapacity 11 ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 3856 kg ⓘ
notableCharacteristic high-lift wing with full-span flaps ⓘ
large cargo door ⓘ
rugged construction ⓘ
numberBuilt 466 ⓘ
primaryRole bush flying ⓘ
utility transport ⓘ
productionEndYear 1967 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1952 ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
range 820 mi ⓘ
serviceCeiling 18000 ft ⓘ
successorTo de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity 10 ⓘ
usedBy Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Norwegian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
medevac operations ⓘ
parachute operations ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
usedInRegion Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canadian North NERFINISHED ⓘ
remote areas worldwide ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing ⓘ
wingspan 17.69 m ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
Twin Otter → developedFrom → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Canada DHC‑3 Otter
Eastern Provincial Airways → operatedAircraftType → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
de Havilland Aircraft Company → notableWork → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition → usedAircraft → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Havilland Otter
Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior → usedIn → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (early versions / some variants)
Harbour Air Seaplanes → operatesAircraftType → de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ⓘ