ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 C-GZVH Inuvik-Mike Zubko Airport, NT (YEV)
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Status:5
Date:Thursday 4 November 2010
Time:22:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operating for:Aklak Air
Leased from:Kenn Borek Air
Registration: C-GZVH
MSN: 671
First flight: 1978
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Inuvik-Mike Zubko Airport, NT (YEV) (   Canada)
Phase: Standing (STD)
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Narrative:
A hangar fire erupted at Inuvik/Mike Zubko Airport, NT (YEV), Canada. Three aircraft inside the hangar, all of them operated by Aklak Air and owned by Kenn Borek Air, were completely consumed and destroyed by the fire:
1. C-GZVH DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 c/n 671;
2. C-GHOC King Air A100 c/n B-194;
3. C-FKBK Beechcraft 99 c/n U-18.
There were no injuries to firecrew or anyone else. The fire was caused by an emergency generator after a power outage.

Classification:
Hangar / ground fire
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Inuvik airport fire destroys 3 planes (CBC News, 5-11-2010)
» AVCanada forum


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