C-GKBO
THE de Havilland AIRCRAFT OF CANADA LIMITED DHC-6 SERIES 300 · built 1980
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on May 15, 1982. No route data will appear.
Safety history
- May 9, 1982Accident
After landing on an icy area located near the North Pole, one of the ski went through the ice and the airplane came to rest. All nine occupants, among them seven tourists, evacuated the cabin safely. The aircraft later sank and was lost.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file
Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (May 15, 1982).
- May 15, 1982Accidentdestroyed
A82c0042: the pilot of the ski-equipped aircraft landed at the north pole with a load of tourists. As the aircraft came to a stop, the landing gear broke through the ice. All the occupants were forced to evacuate throgh the co-pilot's door as all the other exits were jammed shut by ice. Thirty minutes later, the…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).