Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 MAY 1974 |
| Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 31E |
| Operator: | Lambair |
| Registration: | CF-QWJ |
| C/n / msn: | 13078 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 734 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rankin Inlet, NU (Canada) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Thompson Airport, MB (YTH/CYTH), Canada |
| Rankin Inlet-Sherbrooke Airport, NU (YRT/CYRT), Canada |
The Bristol Freighter entered a spiral dive and crashed on the ice following an engine failure.
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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 Thompson Airport, MB to Rankin Inlet-Sherbrooke Airport, NU as the crow flies is 838 km (524 miles).
Distance from Thompson Airport, MB to Rankin Inlet-Sherbrooke Airport, NU as the crow flies is 838 km (524 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.
