Seems Dan Gryder was correct. The FAA has issued an emergency AD for the tail section on Otters. They claim it isn't related to this accident.
"The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive concerning Otter seaplanes. Released Tuesday, the directive warned of potential cracks and corrosion in a part called the elevator, a movable surface of the horizontal tail that controls the plane’s pitch."
https://apnews.com/article/seattle-w...8d041144328d1f
Originally Posted by
AirBear
Controversial YouTuber Dan Gryder has put together a pretty good case for what happened in this accident. Apparently the plane went down at a steep angle. Dan looked up 3 previous reports of accidents & incidents on the same type of equipment and he believes it was a flight control failure just like the 3 previous:
https://youtu.be/J2MqTGx3Xq4