| Date: | Monday 12 February 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Kenting Atlas Aviation |
| Registration: | CF-OOV |
| MSN: | 13300 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Iqaluit Airport, NU (YFB) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Iqaluit Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB) |
| Resolute Airport, NU (YRB/CYRB) |
Engine power was lost after takeoff. The pilot tried to return, but crash-landed short of the airport. The DC-3 was returning from major overhaul in Toronto.
Sources:
Robin Rowan
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