Accident Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3 C-FOOY,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329508
 

Date:Monday 3 November 1975
Time:21:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3
Owner/operator:Kenting Atlas Aviation
Registration: C-FOOY
MSN: 12411
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:80 km N of Frobisher Bay, NU -   Canada
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Pond Inlet Airport, NU (YIO/CYIO)
Destination airport:Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB)
Narrative:
A wheels-up landing was made in a shallow valley following fuel exhaustion. The DC-3 couldn't land at its destination due to bad weather.

Sources:

The Saturday Citizen - Nov 5, 1975

Location

Images:


photo (c) Patrick Nagle; 80 km N of Frobisher Bay, NWT; July 2004


photo (c) Patrick Nagle; 80 km N of Frobisher Bay, NWT; July 2004

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