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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Atlas Aviation Ltd. |
| Registration: | CF-YLC |
| MSN: | 204 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grise Fiord Airport, NT (YGZ/CYGZ) -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Grise Fiord Airport, NT (YGZ/CYGZ) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gusty wind conditions during landing caused the aircraft to veer off the runway to the left into rocks. Substantial damage to the aircraft, No injuries to crew or passengers.
Sources:
https://www.twinotterworldnews.com/accidents
https://twinotterarchive.com/DHC-6_204.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1973 | CF-YLC | Kenting Atlas Aviation | 0 | Eureka Airport, NT (YEU/CYEU) | |
sub |
| Inflight fire | ||||||
| 29 March 1990 | N200EH | Era Aviation | 0 | Chevak, AK |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2025 07:41 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 25-Apr-2025 19:22 | Justanormalperson | Updated |
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