Narrative:
The aircraft was flown into a snow slope when the pilot mistook it for a flat landing site. The five person on board were uninjured and the engines and avionics (and possibly airframe components) were later salvaged but the aircraft was struck off charge and not recovered.
» The Falkland Islands Civil Aircraft Register 1949 - 2006 / Douglas A Rough (Air-Britain)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1977 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | British Antarctic Survey |
| Registration: | VP-FAP |
| MSN: | 333 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Gomez Nunatak ( Antarctica)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The aircraft was flown into a snow slope when the pilot mistook it for a flat landing site. The five person on board were uninjured and the engines and avionics (and possibly airframe components) were later salvaged but the aircraft was struck off charge and not recovered.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» E-mail Terry Smith, Air-Britain (11-06-2007)» The Falkland Islands Civil Aircraft Register 1949 - 2006 / Douglas A Rough (Air-Britain)
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