C-GPFG (Bearhawk BEARHAWK 4 - PLACE) — 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 2024 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-GPFG.

June 16, 1987AccidentHull loss
The airplane was chartered to move cargo from Hidden Bay, Saskatchewan, to Kasba Lake in the Northwest Territories. The aircraft and crew of four were on the return flight under visual flight rules (VFR) and were conducting an approach and landing to runway 36 at the Hidden Bay Airstrip, in a cross-wind from the right.
Douglas DC-4
The Canadian Aviation Safety Board determined that the crew misjudged the altitude of the aircraft while landing in a crosswind. The following findings were identified: - The lip at the threshold of the runway was 10 feet deep. - The right main wing landing gear struck the lip at the threshold of the runway. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 1 TSB record predates the airframe built in 2024 and belongs to earlier aircraft that carried C-GPFG.

June 16, 1987Accidentsubstantial damage
Douglas DC-4 · Hidden Bay · A87C0039
On 16 June 1987, a Calm Air International Douglas DC-4 aircraft, C-GPFG, was chartered to move cargo from Hidden Bay, Saskatchewan to Kasba Lake in the Northwest Territories. The aircraft and crew of four were on the return flight under visual flight rules (VFR)* and were conducting an approach and landing to runway…