Date: | Thursday 4 November 2010 |
Time: | 22:40 |
Type: | Beechcraft B99 Airliner |
Owner/operator: | Aklak Air |
Registration: | C-FKBK |
MSN: | U-18 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Inuvik-Mike Zubko Airport, NT (YEV) -
Canada
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | |
Narrative:A hangar fire erupted at Inuvik/Mike Zubko Airport, NT (YEV), Canada. Three aircraft inside the hangar, all of them operated by Aklak Air and owned by Kenn Borek Air, were completely consumed and destroyed by the fire:
1. C-GZVH DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 c/n 671;
2. C-GHOC King Air A100 c/n B-194;
3. C-FKBK Beechcraft 99 c/n U-18.
There were no injuries to firecrew or anyone else. The fire was caused by an emergency generator after a power outage.
Sources:
Inuvik airport fire destroys 3 planes (CBC News, 5-11-2010)
AVCanada forum Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Calgary International Airport, AB (YYC/CYYC); June 1991
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