| Date: | Sunday 16 July 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | BC Yukon Air Service |
| Registration: | CF-XUX |
| MSN: | 72 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 58 km NW of Nahanni Butte, NWT -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Watson Lake Airport (YQH/CYQH) |
The aircraft entered a box canyon and struck the side as the pilot attempted a 180-degree turn to get out of the 560 feet wide canyon.
Weather was poor with a ceiling of 4,000 feet with four miles visibility in light rain. The aircraft was on its way to help set up a camp on a small lake on Ram Plateau.
Sources:
dhc-3archive.com
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