ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329581
| Date: | Thursday 17 July 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada CSR-123 Otter (DHC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 9413 |
| MSN: | 389 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Duke of York Bay, Southampton Island, NWT -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Flipped during attempted take-off from sand bar in Duke of York River and landed inverted in river.
The investigation stated that the pilot did not determine the length of available surface before attempting taking off in unfavourable winds at near maximum weight. Investigation was hampered by escape of a number or recently caught fish into the river, preventing determination of aircraft weight at time of crash.
Sources:
dhc-3archive.com
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