Accident Cessna A185F C-FCWN,
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Date:Tuesday 10 May 2022
Time:08:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A185F
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: C-FCWN
MSN: 18502181
Year of manufacture:1973
Engine model:Teledyne Continental IO-520-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:43 NM ESE of Fort Simpson (CYSF), NT -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF)
Destination airport:Nahanni Butte (CBD6), NT
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The privately registered Cessna 185F, C-FCWN, was on a flight from Yellowknife (CYZF), NT to Nahanni Butte (CBD6), NT when it experienced an engine (Teledyne Continental IO 520D) failure in cruise flight. The aircraft had departed CYZF with full fuel. When the engine stopped running it stopped abruptly without a stumble or roughness. The propeller continued to rotate driven by the airflow. The pilot attempted numerous strategies to restart the engine but was unable to do so. The aircraft was maneuvered to a landing onto the muskeg 43 NM ESE of Fort Simpson (CYSF), NT. The lone occupant, the pilot, was uninjured. Both the ELT and a Garmin Inreach unit broadcast the aircrafts position. Fort Simpson RCMP responded and the pilot was rescued unharmed using a helicopter to access the location.

Sources:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/fort-simpson-plane-crash-may-10-1.6448597
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 August 1982 N70467 D.j. Rental Tools Inc. 0 Grand Chenier, LA sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-May-2022 06:46 gerard57 Added
11-May-2022 12:06 harro Updated [Location]
13-May-2022 14:52 harro Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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