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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 18 |
| Owner/operator: | Gateway Aviation |
| Registration: | CF-RLD |
| MSN: | A-626/CA-26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | S of Great Bear Lake, NWT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge Bay (CYCB) |
| Yellowknife (CYZF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Pilot Martin Hartwell (54) survived 31 days in the Arctic after plane crash. He died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the age of 88.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130518010519/http://www.cbc.ca:80/news/canada/north/story/2013/04/04/north-martin-hartwell-dies.html
La Nacion 18 December 1972, p54
Images:
Gateway Aviation sister aircraft CF-GNR taken during a visit to Cold Lake, Alberta
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Apr-2013 00:19 | peterj | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2014 12:51 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 28-Feb-2016 07:50 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 29-Feb-2016 07:12 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2017 19:55 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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