ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326298
| Date: | Thursday 8 June 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N5323G |
| MSN: | 91 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grenville Channel, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT/CYZT) |
| Prince Rupert-Digby Island Airport, BC (YPR/CYPR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter, N5323G, sank into the water of the Grenville Channel, BC, Canada. Both pilots survived. The airplane operated on a ferry flight from Phoenix, AZ to Gustavus, AK. The airplane was to be operated from Gustavus by Glacier Bay Airways.
En route at an altitude of 4000 feet the Otter suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The crew carried out a ditching. The airplane made water and sank.
Sources:
http://flythebush.blogspot.com
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