DHC6, en-route, northwest of Fort Providence NWT Canada, 2021

DHC6, en-route, northwest of Fort Providence NWT Canada, 2021

Summary

On 1 November 2021, a deHavilland DHC6-300 crew en-route to Fort Simpson realised that they had insufficient fuel on board to reach their intended destination and therefore decided to attempt a diversion to the nearest available airport at Fort Providence. As fuel available dwindled, one engine was shut down but after an inadvertent fuel tank selection, the initially intended diversion was no longer possible and a forced landing in a bog was successfully accomplished. The Training Captain involved had developed a habit of performing checklists silently and from memory after gaining all his professional pilot experience at the same operator.

Description

On 1 November 2021, a deHavilland DHC6-300 (C-GNPS) being operated by Air Tindi on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson as TIN223 departed without the crew checking the fuel quantity on board. En route they realised that it was not possible to reach the intended destination or any other airport and when fuel was exhausted, a forced landing was made in night VMC in a partly frozen treeless bog some 7 nm from Fort Providence. The aircraft sustained substantial damage but the five occupants sustained only minor injuries related to hypothermia. 

DHC6 NW of Fort Providence 2021 ac stopped in bog

The aircraft where it finally stopped in the ‘muskeg’ (bog). [Reproduced from the Official Report]

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