| Date: | Thursday 24 April 1997 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 31 |
| Owner/operator: | Hawkair Aviation Services |
| Registration: | C-FTPA |
| MSN: | 13157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 734 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bronson Creek Airport, BC (YBM) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Wrangell Airport, AK (WRG/PAWG) |
| Bronson Creek Airport, BC (YBM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The right wing dropped on landing; the aircraft ground looped and ran off the runway into a ditch. Maintenance suspects that the bolts attaching the right horizontal gear support to the main wheel had failed.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/99 (#22)
Scramble 218
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Terrace Airport, BC (YXT); 09 July 1994
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