ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326015
| Date: | Thursday 21 June 1990 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Ptarmigan Airways |
| Registration: | C-FWAB |
| MSN: | 349 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thistle Lake, NT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Thistle Lake, NT |
| Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Twin Otter took off from a temporary airstrip in fine weather. The aircraft failed to gain height, banked right and struck a parked Bell 206 helicopter. Part of the wing broke off and the Twin Otter crashed beside the airstrip.
Sources:
TSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; June 1986
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