ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327872
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Date: | Saturday 15 May 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Owner/operator: | Panarctic Oils |
Registration: | C-GKBO |
MSN: | 547 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | North Pole -
Arctic Ocean
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The ski-equipped Twin Otter plane had just landed to drop off tourists on a spot on the North Pole. As the aircraft came to a stop, the landing gear broke through the ice. The aircraft was evacuated before it sank through the ice. One source claimed the accident happened May 9th.
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