ASN Aircraft accident Basler BT-67 Turbo 67 (DC-3T) C-GEAI Holtanna Glacier
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Thursday 20 December 2012
Time:13:00 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Basler BT-67 Turbo 67 (DC-3T)
Operating for:ALCI Aviation
Leased from:Kenn Borek Air
Registration: C-GEAI
MSN: 16305/33053
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Holtanna Glacier (   Antarctica)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Holtanna Glacier, Antarctica
Destination airport:Novolazarevskaya Station, Antarctica
Narrative:
A Kenn Borek Air DC3-T (Basler BT-67), C-GEAI, was conducting a tour operation off Holtanna Glacier, Antarctica, with 15 passengers aboard. During the takeoff roll from the unprepared surface (position S71 55.3, E008 17.9) for the return leg to Novolazarevskaya, Antarctica, the aircraft contacted a snow drift and became airborne with insufficient speed to sustain flight. The aircraft stalled and contacted the surface with sufficient force to collapse the main landing gear. The aircraft came to rest on its belly sustaining substantial damage. Two passengers received minor injuries. The crew and passengers were accommodated in tents until a second Kenn Borek DC3-T arrived later in the day.

Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Loss of control

Sources:
» CADORS nr. 2012C5423
» Photos of repairs at Antarctica


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Distance from Holtanna Glacier to Novolazarevskaya Station as the crow flies is 170 km (106 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.

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.
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