ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320829
| Date: | Thursday 20 December 2012 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Basler BT-67 Turbo 67 (DC-3T) |
| Owner/operator: | ALCI Aviation |
| Registration: | C-GEAI |
| MSN: | 16305/33053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Holtanna Glacier -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Holtanna Glacier |
| Novolazarevskaya Station | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Kenn Borek Air DC3-T (Basler BT-67), C-GEAI, was conducting a tour operation off Holtanna Glacier, Antarctica, with 15 passengers aboard. During the takeoff roll from the unprepared surface (position S71 55.3, E008 17.9) for the return leg to Novolazarevskaya, Antarctica, the aircraft contacted a snow drift and became airborne with insufficient speed to sustain flight. The aircraft stalled and contacted the surface with sufficient force to collapse the main landing gear. The aircraft came to rest on its belly sustaining substantial damage. Two passengers received minor injuries. The crew and passengers were accommodated in tents until a second Kenn Borek DC3-T arrived later in the day.
Sources:
CADORS nr. 2012C5423
Photos of repairs at Antarctica
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