Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 19, 1986, Sachigo...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 19, 1986 near Sachigo Lake, Ontario, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: The flight continued into...
- Date: January 19, 1986
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Sachigo Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flight continued into below-VFR weather after departing on a forecast VFR basis, and the cargo was not secured as the operating certificate required, according to the Canadian Aviation Safety Board.
A Douglas DC-3 operated by Austin Airways struck a 150 foot radio beacon tower while manoeuvring to land at Sachigo Lake, Ontario, on 19 January 1986 in poor weather. It made a wheels-up forced landing, and shifted drums of gasoline trapped the passengers until they could leave through the cockpit escape hatch. Two people were seriously injured and the aircraft was written off.