Narrative:
The aircraft stalled in a nearly vertical attitude at 200 feet height, pitched nose down and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Shifting of a load of corrugated sheet steel.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 20 November 1977 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 31M |
| Operator: | Norcanair |
| Registration: | C-FWAD |
| MSN: | 13253 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 734 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Hay River Airport, NT (YHY) ( Canada)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Hay River Airport, NT (YHY/CYHY), Canada |
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The aircraft stalled in a nearly vertical attitude at 200 feet height, pitched nose down and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Shifting of a load of corrugated sheet steel.
Classification:
Cargo shiftLoss of control
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