C-FBKV

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Safety history

  • May 12, 1977Accident

    After takeoff from Pickle Lake Airport, an engine caught fire. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 5 km from the airfield. A pilot was seriously injured while the second occupant was killed. The crew was completing a cargo flight on behalf of Ontario Central Airlines.

    Douglas DC-3 · 1 fatalities

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (May 12, 1977).

  • May 12, 1977Accidentdestroyed

    Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G · Pickle Lake · 1 fatalities · A77C0057

    The aircraft had just taken off when an explosion and intense fire was experienced in the right engine. The landing gear was selected up, but the crew was unaware that it remained fully extended due to the loss of the main hydraulic system. The right propeller was feathered and the fire extinguished. The fully loaded…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).