Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Apr 4, 1991 (6 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on April 4, 1991 near Thutade Lake, British Columbia, Canada with 6 fatalities. Cause: Low-level flight under...
- Date: April 4, 1991
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Thutade Lake, British Columbia, Canada
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Low-level flight under visual rules in heavy snow and poor weather, during which a wing struck the iced lake surface. No official investigation finding was found.
A Douglas C-47B operated by Central Mountain Air was on a charter from Sturdee Valley to Smithers when it crashed on Thutade Lake, British Columbia, on 4 April 1991. It was flying low under visual rules in heavy snow when a wing struck the ice-covered surface. Six of the seven people aboard were killed and one passenger was rescued.