ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349151
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Date: | Tuesday 5 July 2011 |
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Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
Owner/operator: | Buffalo Airways |
Registration: | C-GWIR |
MSN: | 9371 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | |
Location: | Yellowknife Airport, Northwest Territories -
Canada
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | TSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:On 19 August 2013, a Buffalo Airways Ltd. Douglas DC-3C (registration C-GWIR, serial number 9371) was operating as a scheduled passenger flight from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to Hay River, Northwest Territories. After lift-off from Runway 16 at 1708 Mountain Daylight Time, there was a fire in the right engine. The crew performed an emergency engine shutdown and made a low-altitude right turn towards Runway 10. The aircraft struck a stand of trees southwest of the threshold of Runway 10 and touched down south of the runway with the landing gear retracted. An aircraft evacuation was accomplished and there were no injuries to the 3 crew members or the 21 passengers. There was no post-impact fire and the 406 MHz emergency locator transmitter did not activate.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | TSB |
Report number: | A13W0120 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
TSB
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