C-GARW (Robinson R66) — routes, history & safety record

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.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2013 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-GARW.

September 22, 2011Accident
The float-equipped de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter (registration C-GARW, serial number 367) was landing at the float-plane base (CEN9) located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, along the western shore of Great Slave Lake, beside the area known as Old Town.
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · 2 fatalities
Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors: 1. Airspeed fluctuations at touchdown, coupled with gusty wind conditions, caused a bounced landing. 2. Improper go-around techniques during the recovery from the bounced landing resulted in a loss of control. 3. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 2 TSB records predate the airframe built in 2013 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-GARW.

September 22, 2011Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-6-300 · Yellowknife · 2 fatalities · A11W0144
A11W0144: The Arctic Sunwest Charters de Havilland DHC-6-300, C-GARW, was landing at the Yellowknife water aerodrome (CE9N) at Back Bay following a flight from Thor Lake, NT. After touching down briefly, the aircraft took off, turned right and crashed into buildings. The flight crew (2) were fatally injured and the 7…
May 14, 1988Accidentsubstantial damage
DE Havilland DHC-6-300 · Concession Lake · A88W0082
The aircraft had been chartered to haul a diamond drill and crew to a remote landing area. The pilot attempted a full-flap short-field landing on a 700-foot-long esker; however, the aircraft touched down in a snow-filled ravine, 65 feet short of the intended landing area. The aircraft ploughed through the deep snow…