| Date: | Monday 15 May 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46T Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Nordair |
| Registration: | CF-NAD |
| MSN: | 30200 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,4 km from Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN/CYVN) |
The C-46 struck snow covered ground 4500 feet short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper in-flight planning and white-out conditions."
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
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