Narrative:
The DHC-6 Twin Otter was transporting mining material between Donaldson Lake (YAU) and Berbegamau. During the landing, the aircraft struck a snow bank and the nose wheel broke on impact. Nobody was injured. The aircraft's nose wheel was substantially damaged.
The Berbegamau Airstrip is located near the New Quebec Crater in Northern Quebec.
» CADORS Number: 2007Q0280
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Sunday 11 February 2007 |
| Time: | 11:59 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Air Inuit |
| Registration: | C-GKCJ |
| MSN: | 698 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Berbegamau Airstrip, QC ( Canada)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kattiniq/Donaldson Lake Airport, QC (YAU), Canada |
| Berbegamau Airstrip, QC, Canada |
The DHC-6 Twin Otter was transporting mining material between Donaldson Lake (YAU) and Berbegamau. During the landing, the aircraft struck a snow bank and the nose wheel broke on impact. Nobody was injured. The aircraft's nose wheel was substantially damaged.
The Berbegamau Airstrip is located near the New Quebec Crater in Northern Quebec.
Sources:
» TC» CADORS Number: 2007Q0280
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