C-GWIR
Mcdonnell Douglas Corporation DC3C · built 1942
Register facts: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (open data, file dated October 27, 2026).
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Safety history
- August 19, 2013Accident
Findings as to causes and contributing factors: 1. An accurate take-off weight and balance calculation was not completed prior to departure, resulting in an aircraft weight that exceeded its maximum certified takeoff weight. 2. Full accident record
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records11 on file
Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.
- August 19, 2013Accidentsubstantial damage
On 19 August 2013, a Buffalo Airways Ltd. Douglas DC-3C (registration C-GWIR, serial number 9371) was operating as a scheduled passenger flight from Yellowknife to Hay River, Northwest Territories. After lift-off from Runway 16 at 1708 Mountain Daylight Time, there was a fire in the right engine. The crew performed an…
- November 13, 2012Incident
A12W0171: The Buffalo Airways Douglas DC-3C (C-GWIR) was operating as flight BFL168 from Yellowknife, NT (CYZF) to Hay River, NT (CYHY). Approximately 30 nautical miles south of CYZF, the crew detected rising temperatures and decreasing pressures on the right engine (PRATT and WHITNEY-USA, R-1830-92) and carried out a…
- June 8, 2007Incident
A07W0107: The Buffalo Airways Douglas DC 3, C-GWIR, had departed runway 4 in Hay River, NT. During the after take-off check, an oil leak was noticed on the No. 1 engine (P&W 1830). The crew elected to return to Hay River. During the taxi back to the ramp, a small rock pierced and deflated the No. 2 tire. Maintenance…
- May 24, 2005Incident
A05W0090: The Buffalo Airways Ltd. DC-3C, C-GWIR, was conducting a flight from Yellowknife to Hay River, NT. Shortly after departure, the number 1 engine (Pratt & Whitney-USA R1830-92) developed a mild shake. The engine was shut down and the aircraft returned to Yellowknife for an uneventful single engine approach and…
- April 19, 2004Incident
A04W0068: The Buffalo Airways Ltd. Douglas DC-3C, C-GWIR, was departing Yellowknife, NT for Hay River, NT when the left engine (Pratt & Whitney R1830-92)failed. The flight crew aborted the takeoff and stopped on the runway. The company will be filing an SDR with Transport Canada when the cause of the failure is…
- February 25, 1998Incident
A98w0033: the dc3, c-gwir, was inbound with an IFR clearance for a straight in approach to runway 33. An hs748, c-gdul, was cleared to position for departure from runway 33, with an IFR clearance which is cancelled when gwir reports at a position of 8 dme. Gwir reported at 12 dme and the crew advises that they will…
- January 16, 1995Incident
A95w0009: a cessna 402 was inbound to fort simpson on the 045 radial and had been cleared down to 6,000 feet. A clearance was issued for a departing dc-3 to make climb from 4,000 to 6,000 feet on the 060 radial and to cross 17 dme at 5,000 feet to provide separation from the arriving cessna. When the flight service…
- August 4, 1994Incident
A94w0136: the dc-3 was in the climb when the right engine rpms began increasing. The pilot shut down the engine as a precautionary measure and returned to trout lake. Maintenance found the propeller control cable had broken at the propeller govenor.
- December 11, 1988Incidentminor damage
The aircraft was started with a gpu and as the second engine started, the aircraft moved ahead and collided with the gpu, da
- August 21, 1987Incident
After t/o, l/ENG shut down due to low oil press & high oil temp ind. A/c landed saf. Internal failure of engine was tak place
…and 1 more on file.
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).