Status:	Final
Date:	26 JUN 1994
Time:	14:04
Type:	Douglas C-47A-5-DK Dakota 3 (DC-3C)
Operator:	Buffalo Airways
Registration:	C-FROD
C/n / msn:	12307
First flight:	1944
Total airframe hrs:	18456
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	0,9 km (0.6 mls) S of Fort Simpson Airport, NT (YFS) (Canada)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Trout Lake, NT, Canada
Destination airport:	Fort Simpson Airport, NT (YFS/CYFS), Canada
Flightnumber:	526

Narrative:
The DC-3 was on finals for runway 31 when a forced landing on a gravel road was carried out. The aircraft struck trees next to the road.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight was commenced with a fuel quantity below the minimum requirements, resulting in loss of engine power because
of fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the occurrence was the lack of flight crew coordination."

Sources:
» Flight International 18-24.1.95
» ICAO Adrep Summary 6/94 (#139)
» Scramble 184
» Scramble 187(35)