Last updated: 5 December 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 17 January 1949 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 987 |
| MSN: | 33115/16367 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 112 km (70 mls) SE of Churchill, MB ( Canada)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rivers Airport, MB (YYI), Canada |
| Arctic Bay Airport, NU (YAB/CYAB), Canada |
The Dakota III performed a forced landing on a rough and broken Hudson Bay icefield, 70 miles southeast of Churchill, MB.
The aircraft had drifted off course and ran out of fuel. It operated on a mercy flight from Rivers to Arctic Bay, Canada.
All 12 on board were rescued.
Classification:
Fuel exhaustionForced landing outside airport
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Western Star (Corner Brook, NL) 25 January 1949, p1
» Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 24 January 1949, p2
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rivers Airport, MB to Arctic Bay Airport, NU as the crow flies is 2645 km (1653 miles).
Distance from Rivers Airport, MB to Arctic Bay Airport, NU as the crow flies is 2645 km (1653 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
