| Date: | Tuesday 1 November 1988 |
| Time: | 13:02 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3C) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Ontario |
| Registration: | C-FBJE |
| MSN: | 13453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 22884 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km W off Pikangikum Airport, ON (YPM) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Red Lake Airport, ON (YRL/CYRL) |
| Pikangikum Airport, ON (YPM/CYPM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Douglas DC-3C was destroyed when it crashed in Pikangikum Lake, ON, Canada. Both the pilot and the co-pilot were fatally injured in the accident.
The airplane departed Red Lake Airport, ON (YRL) as Air Ontario flight 937 on a flight to Pikangikum Airport, ON (YPM). The main cargo load being carried consisted of a rubberized bladder tank containing 2,068 litres of fuel oil.
Weather at the Pikangikum Airport was poor with drizzle, low clouds, and fog, with a visibility of one and one-half to two miles. The airplane was heard overflying the airport and turning over the Pikangikum Lake in preparation for a final approach and landing on runway 27. While over the water the airplane stalled and struck the
ice-covered lake 180 feet south of a tree-covered island. It descended through the ice and struck the lake bottom at a depth of 8 to 12 feet. The ice thickness at the area of impact varied from one inch to three inches.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "It is probable that the aircraft stalled at an altitude and in flight conditions from which recovery was not possible."
Sources:
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