Kuujjuaq (ex Fort Chimo)

The approach to Kuujjuaq-Fort Chimo Airport was stable but slightly below the VASIS descent profile. Just before the flare when power was reduced to idle, the crew was surprised by how rapidly the aircraft decelerated. Touchdown on the runway was hard. After the engines were shut down at the terminal, the crew noted structural deformations around the nose wheel attachment point and on the wings, where the deformations caused fuel to leak. Runway 31 slopes upward 1.3%. The landing was made at twilight, and the runway environment appeared very dark to the crew due to the lack of reflection from the gravel surface.

Following an uneventful flight from Iqaluit, the twin engine aircraft bounced twice upon landing. The crew completed the braking procedure 'normally' then vacated the runway and parked the airplane on the apron. After all 10 occupants disembarked, technicians realized that the fuselage was severely damaged and the aircraft was declared as damaged beyond repair.

After liftoff from Seven Islands Airport, en route to Fort Chimo (Kuujjuaq), the pilot encountered technical problems with both engines. The airplane stalled and crashed into Wabash Lake near the airport. A passenger was killed while three other occupants were seriously injured.

While approaching Frobisher Bay Airport by night, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances few km from the airfield. All three occupants were killed.

Crash landed some 80 km northwest of Fort Chimo and came to rest upside down. All four occupants were injured and the aircraft was written off.

On a flight from Payne Bay to Fort Chimo, weather conditions worsened and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 100 km south of Fort Chimo and came to rest upside down in snow. The pilot and two passengers were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Despite the situation, the pilot and a passenger decided to leave the crash site and to walk to Fort Chimo where they arrived two weeks later on January 27. SAR teams were immediately dispatched to the crash site where the six remaining occupants were evacuated.

En route to Kuujjuaq, the crew encountered technical problems and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The four engine aircraft crashed 44 km north of Kuujjuaq. Two crew members were killed while the third occupant was rescued.

While approaching Fort Chimo on a cargo flight from Frobisher Bay, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck a hill located 40 km from Fort Chimo Airport. A crew member was rescued while both other occupants were killed. For undetermined reason, the crew started the descent prematurely.

The rain main gear collapsed on landing. The aircraft slid for several yards before coming to rest, damaged beyond repair. There were no injuries.