| Date: | Wednesday 12 June 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27J |
| Owner/operator: | Great Northern Airways |
| Registration: | CF-GND |
| MSN: | 113 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Resolute Airport, NU (YRB) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF) |
| Sherrard Bay Airstrip, NU |
The flight originated in Calgary (YYC) to Yellowknife (YZF) and continued to Sherrard Bay but diverted to Resolute Airport (YRB) due to headwinds being much stronger than forecast. A forced landing was carried out near Resolute Airport.
Sources:
Images:
photo (c) Maj Knapik; near Resolute Airport, NU (YRB); 15 August 2013
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