C-FWAB
Rotorway ROTORWAY 162 F · built 1998
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FWAB.
- June 21, 1990Accident
The crew just departed Thistle Lake after delivering cargo for local mine workers. Just after liftoff, while climbing to a height of about 10 feet, the aircraft banked right and struck the rotor of a parked Bell 206. Out of control, it crashed few dozen meters further, bursting into flames. Both pilots were killed.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records
No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FWAB.
- June 21, 1990Accidentdestroyed
A90w0171: shortly after becoming airborne, the aircraft entered a right turn. The right wing contacted the main rotor mast of a helicopter parked alongside the strip and tore off 10-12 feet of the wing. Control was lost, the aircraft descended an embankment, overturned and burned.
- January 22, 1987Accidentminor damage
A87W0005: On 22 January 1987, Ptarmigan Airways Twin Otter, C-FWAB, departed from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, with a cargo of freight bound for Rae Lakes, 125 miles northwest. There were two flight crew members on board. The aircraft landed at Rae Lakes at 1726 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)*, and the…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).