First Air Flight 64

First Air Flight 64
An identical de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Accident summary
Accident type	Loss of control
place	Markham Bay , Canada
date	August 12, 1996
Fatalities	2
Survivors	0
Injured	0
Aircraft
Aircraft type	de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
operator	First Air
Mark	C-GNDN
Departure airport	Iqaluit Airport
Destination airport	Markham Bay Airport
Passengers	0
crew	2
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First Air Flight 64 was a First Air domestic cargo flight from Iqaluit to Markham Bay in Canada , in which a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed while landing at Markham Bay Airport on August 12, 1996 . The two crew members died on impact.

Flight history

The Twin Otter carried six barrels of fuel for a helicopter company. The aircraft took off from Iqaluit at 8:58 a.m. local time (2:58 p.m. CET). The plane touched down in Markham Bay at around 9.45 a.m. The runway there is 209 meters long. The touchdown took place shortly after the threshold ; however, due to excessive speed, the aircraft jumped up again three times before finally touching down. The captains decided to go-around because the plane was not to bring more on the runway to a halt. During this attempt, the landing gear hit rocks about 200 meters behind the runway; the machine then took off again briefly and crashed a little later on a rocky beach. Both crew members were killed.

examination

The investigation came to the conclusion that the crew decided to take off late and that this led to the accident. The triple touchdown on the slope, which is only 209 meters long, probably contributed to the decision.

crew

The captain had 3813 hours of flight experience, 2028 of which on the Twin Otter. The co-pilot had 2724 hours of flight experience.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Aviation Investigation Report A96Q0126. April 30, 1998, accessed April 9, 2020 . 
2. ^ Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 C-GNDN Markham Bay. In: Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .