Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Monday 7 September 1981 |
Time: | 06:30 |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III |
Operator: | Questor Surveys |
Registration: | C-GSZI |
MSN: | 0360 |
First flight: | 1974 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | SW of Baker Lake, NU ( Canada)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Survey/research |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The magnetometer survey aircraft was in cruise at 400 ft agl while the equipment operator checked his equipment and the pilots visually checked their position enroute to their survey area. The crew reported that the aircraft yawed and began an uncontrolled descent that continued until the aircraft impacted the ground.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
Photos
accident date:
07-09-1981type: Pilatus Britten Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III
registration: ZS-JJCX
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.