De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, May 25, 1986, Reliance

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on May 25, 1986 near Reliance, Northwest Territories, Canada with no fatalities.

A De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 (C-FZZM) landed on lake ice at Reliance, Northwest Territories on about 25 May 1986. While taxiing its nose gear settled into a crack in the ice and the aircraft sank until only the tail showed; a military Chinook lifted it out but it was dropped during a sling load and written off. No one was injured.

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