Frobisher Bay – Fort Chimo

On February 14, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Frobisher Bay – Fort Chimo experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Maritime Central Airways, with the event recorded near Kuujjuaq (ex Fort Chimo) Quebec.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-BZH, MSN 6079, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.1128°, -68.3867°.