- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 29, 1961 |
Time: | 1822 |
Location: | Sondreströmfjord, Greenland |
Operator: | Eastern Provincial Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
Registration: | CF-MEX |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 6 (passengers:4 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | An in-flight fire, initiated and sustained by a severe fuel leak. The fuel leak was caused by the locking of a carburetor drain plug to unscrew. |
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