| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1961 |
| Time: | 18:23 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Greenlandair, lsf Eastern Provincial Airways |
| Registration: | CF-MEX |
| MSN: | 332 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 750 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 12,5 km NW of Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ) -
 Greenland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF) |
| Aasiaat Airport (JEG/BGAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crash landed following an intense in flight fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An in-flight fire, initiated and sustained by a severe fuel leak. The fuel leak was caused by the locking of a carburetor drain plug to unscrew."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 69-AN/61 (160-162)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Huw Thomas (UK); 20 km from Kangerlussuaq; 09 July 2014
photo (c) Huw Thomas (UK); 20 km from Kangerlussuaq; 09 July 2014
photo (c) Huw Thomas (UK); 20 km from Kangerlussuaq; 09 July 2014
photo (c) Huw Thomas (UK); 20 km from Kangerlussuaq; 09 July 2014
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