Douglas DC-3 crash, Aug 19, 2013, Yellowknife
Douglas DC-3 accident on August 19, 2013 near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: A pre-existing fatigue crack in the...
- Date: August 19, 2013
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A pre-existing fatigue crack in the right engine's number 1 cylinder caused engine failure and fire, and a seized feathering pump kept the propeller from feathering. The overweight takeoff combined with the windmilling propeller drag to cause the loss of altitude.
A Buffalo Airways DC-3C (C-GWIR) on a scheduled passenger flight from Yellowknife to Hay River lost its right engine to fire shortly after takeoff. The crew shut the engine down and turned back, but the aircraft struck trees short of Runway 10 and landed with its gear retracted. All 3 crew and 21 passengers escaped without injury, and there was no post-impact fire.