Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 FEB 1956 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Dorval Air Transport |
| Registration: | CF-BZH |
| C/n / msn: | 6079 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 40 km (25 mls) NW of Fort Chimo, QC (Canada) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB), Canada |
| Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport, QC (YVP/CYVP), Canada |
Crashed while operating on a supply flight for the Canadian Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar line. Killed in the accident was adventurer Harold E. "Whitey" Dahl.
Sources:
» Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Feb 17, 1956
» The Times-News - Feb 17, 1956
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Frobisher Bay Airport, NU to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport, QC as the crow flies is 625 km (390 miles).
Distance from Frobisher Bay Airport, NU to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport, QC as the crow flies is 625 km (390 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.
