| Date: | Friday 19 December 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada CC-123 Otter (DHC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Armed Forces |
| Registration: | 9407 |
| MSN: | 367 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Slide Mountain, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Newburgh-Stewart Airport, NY (SWF/KSWF) |
| Ottawa RCAF Station, ON (YRO/CYRO) |
A ski-equipped de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter plane went missing over the Catskills Mountains en route between Newburgh-Stewart Airport, NY (SWF) and Ottawa RCAF Station, ON (YRO), Canada.
The wreckage was located on December 21 on the slope of Slide Mountain (1280 m high).
Sources:
The Montreal Gazette - Dec 22, 1980
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