| Date: | Tuesday 14 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Dorval Air Transport |
| Registration: | CF-BZH |
| MSN: | 6079 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 km NW of Fort Chimo, QC -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB) |
| Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport, QC (YVP/CYVP) |
Crashed while operating on a supply flight for the Canadian Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar line. Killed in the accident was adventurer Harold E. "Whitey" Dahl.
Sources:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Feb 17, 1956
The Times-News - Feb 17, 1956
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