Coral Harbour - Nottingham Island

On January 15, 1959 at 12:00 AM, Coral Harbour - Nottingham Island experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Arctic Wings, with the event recorded near Nottingham Island Nunavut.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The single engine aircraft was on its way from Coral Harbour to Nottingham Island with three passengers and one pilot on board. While approaching Nottingham Island, weather conditions worsened and as the pilot was unable to locate the destination, he reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed. All four occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and abandoned in situ.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-OBI, MSN N29-3, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 63.2888°, -77.9138°.