Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUN 1990 |
| Time: | ca 19:00 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Ptarmigan Airways |
| Registration: | C-FWAB |
| C/n / msn: | 349 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| 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: | Thistle Lake, NT (Canada) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Thistle Lake, NT, Canada |
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The Twin Otter took off from a temporary airstrip in fine weather. The aircraft failed to gain height, banked right and struck a parked Bell 206 helicopter. Part of the wing broke off and the Twin Otter crashed beside the airstrip.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.12, nr.02
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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.
