Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 29 AUG 1961 |
| Time: | 18:23 UTC |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Operating for: | Greenlandair |
| Leased from: | Eastern Provincial Airways |
| Registration: | CF-MEX |
| C/n / msn: | 332 |
| First flight: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 750 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 20 km (12.5 mls) from Kangerlussuaq (Greenland) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF), Greenland |
| Aasiaat Airport (JEG/BGEM), Greenland |
Crash landed following an intense in flight fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An in-flight fire, initiated and sustained by a severe fuel leak. The fuel leak was caused by the locking of a carburetor drain plug to unscrew." Sources:
» ICAO Circular 69-AN/61 (160-162)
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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 Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport to Aasiaat Airport as the crow flies is 207 km (130 miles).
Distance from Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport to Aasiaat Airport as the crow flies is 207 km (130 miles).
