Date: | Monday 7 September 1981 |
Time: | 06:30 |
Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III |
Owner/operator: | Questor Surveys |
Registration: | C-GSZI |
MSN: | 0360 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | SW of Baker Lake, NU -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The magnetometer survey aircraft was in cruise at 400 ft agl while the equipment operator checked his equipment and the pilots visually checked their position enroute to their survey area. The crew reported that the aircraft yawed and began an uncontrolled descent that continued until the aircraft impacted the ground.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1981/19810907_TRIS_C-GSZI_14264.jpg)
photo (c) Alfred Wittwer, via Werner Fischdick; Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ); July 1975
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