Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 AUG 1978 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Bradley Air Services |
| Registration: | C-FQDG |
| C/n / msn: | 246 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| 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: | Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB) (Canada)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Survey/research |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB), Canada |
The Twin Otter was at 40 feet over the runway on final approach when it rolled left and descended out of control, hitting the glide slope antenna with the left wing and no. 1 engine. The aircraft crashed in an inverted attitude.
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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.
