| Date: | Thursday 26 October 1989 |
| Time: | 11:26 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Inuit |
| Registration: | C-GBJE |
| MSN: | 566 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kangiqsujuaq Airport, QC (YWB) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Quaqtaq Airport, QC (YQC/CUHA) |
| Kangiqsujuaq Airport, QC (YWB/CYKG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A gust of wind on touchdown caused the pilot to lose control. The Twin Otter struck a ditch and sustained irreparable damage.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/98 (#144)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Calgary-Springbank; 16 July 1994
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