| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Saturday 12 May 1962 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) |
| Operating for: | Greenlandair |
| Leased from: | Eastern Provincial Airways |
| Registration: | CF-IHA |
| MSN: | CV-365 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Godthåb/Nuuk Airport (GOH) ( Greenland)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF), Greenland |
| Godthåb/Nuuk Airport (GOH/BGGH), Greenland |
Nose wheel doors were not closed and locked, causing them to be torn off on landing allowing water to enter the wheel well severely damaging the aircraft.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "As a result of the technical investigation, it was considered most probable that, because of a mechanical malfunctioning the nose wheel doors were not closed and locked and that there was an aperture of 70mm when the landing took place. The gaping doors were torn off when the aircraft having landed at rather high speed sank deeply into the water. The extremely great water pressure in the nose wheel well forced the aft bulkhead of the well inwards resulting in severe damage to the front cabin."
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 71-AN/63Photos
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Distance from Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport to Godthåb/Nuuk Airport as the crow flies is 315 km (197 miles).
Distance from Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport to Godthåb/Nuuk Airport as the crow flies is 315 km (197 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.
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