Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 29 JUL 2009 |
| Time: | 11:12 UTC |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Air Greenland |
| Registration: | OY-POF |
| C/n / msn: | 235 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | 340 km (212.5 mls) N of Constable Point (Greenland)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mestersvig Air Base (BGMV), Greenland |
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A DHC-6 Twin Otter, OY-POF, sustained substantial damage in a hard landing at a remote airstrip in Greenland. Both crew members survived.
The airplane operated on a cargo flight out of Mestersvig Air Base to an airstrip at 73 24N 24 30W.
On arrival at the selected landing area the pilots decided to perform a low flyover to assess wind conditions. On finals the aircraft suffered an unexpected downward wind flow (downdraft), causing the right main wheel to contact the ground before the airstrip. The aircraft bounced and in the subsequent touchdown, the right wing impacted the ground.
Sources:
Official accident investigation report
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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.
