De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Aug 29, 1979 (9 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on August 29, 1979 near Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada with 9 fatalities. Cause: Most likely loss of visual...
- Date: August 29, 1979
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Frobisher Bay Nunavut, Canada
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Most likely loss of visual reference in low cloud during a right turn after the approach, followed by continuing the turn into higher ground east of the runway. The exact cause could not be determined with certainty.
A Bradley Air Services Twin Otter (C-GROW) was flying VFR shuttle flights between Brevoort Island and Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, with two pilots and seven passengers. After an ILS approach was cleared in deteriorating weather, the aircraft struck high ground about 1200 feet east of runway 36 while apparently flying a circling approach. All nine occupants were killed.