Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 T-82, Wednesday 14 August 2019

Date:	Wednesday 14 August 2019
Time:
Type:	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Argentina - FAA
Registration:	T-82
MSN:	167
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	54 km from Base Marambio - Antarctica
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The DHC-6 Twin Otter struck a mound of snow on landing, 54 km from the Argentia Marambio Base in Antarctica. All nine crew members were rescued. The aircraft was abandoned.
During the 2020/2021 Antarctic Summer season the aircraft was recovered from the accident site in a mission undertaken by The Air Component of the Antarctic Joint Command.

Sources:

ciudadanodiario.com.ar

Images:

photo (c) EMCO, Fuerzas Armadas Argentina; 54 km from Base Marambio; January 2021