Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1981 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-40-DL |
| Operator: | Air Inuit |
| Registration: | C-FIRW |
| C/n / msn: | 9834 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lac Bienville, QC (Canada) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Sank through ice on frozen lake while taxiing.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
