Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 29 AGO 1961 |
| Hora: | 18:23 UTC |
| Tipo: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Operado por: | Greenlandair |
| Alquilado a : | Eastern Provincial Airways |
| Registración: | CF-MEX |
| Numéro de série: | 332 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1960 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 750 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 20 km (12.5 milles) de Kangerlussuaq (Groenlandia) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF), Groenlandia |
| Aasiaat Airport (JEG/BGEM), Groenlandia |
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." Fuentes:
» ICAO Circular 69-AN/61 (160-162)
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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).
