Thule - Thule

On April 16, 1954 at 12:00 AM, Thule - Thule experienced a crash involving Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Grise Fiord Nunavut.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While conducting a survey flight of the iced continent, the crew encountered white conditions when the airplane hit the slope of a mountain located near Grise Fiord. All nine crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59925, MSN 59925, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 76.4183°, -82.8928°.