| Date: | Sunday 14 April 1996 |
| Time: | 18:38 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Propair |
| Registration: | C-FVVY |
| MSN: | 410 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kuujjuarapik Airport, QC (YGW) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kuujjuarapik Airport, QC (YGW/CYGW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During touchdown on a gravel runway, the aircraft nosed over onto the propeller and the engine stopped. The aircraft rocked back onto its tail and the tailwheel (ski) was driven up into the fuselage. The handbrake had not been released before landing as specified in the pre-landing checklist.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 3/96
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