Narrative:
According to the Danish Accident Investigation Board, DHC-6 Twin Otter C-GKBO suffered substantial damage when the nose gear ski hit a rock during taxi after landing. The nose gear collapsed.
Damaged on the ground
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Sunday 5 May 2013 |
| Time: | 21:25 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Kenn Borek Air |
| Registration: | C-GKBO |
| MSN: | 725 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | northeast coast of Greenland ( Greenland)
|
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Grise Fiord Airport, NU (YGZ/CYGZ), Canada |
According to the Danish Accident Investigation Board, DHC-6 Twin Otter C-GKBO suffered substantial damage when the nose gear ski hit a rock during taxi after landing. The nose gear collapsed.
Classification:
Landing gear collapseDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» Accident Investigation Board DenmarkPhotos
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