Mayo – Whitehorse

On July 13, 1963 at 08:10 PM, Mayo – Whitehorse experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, operated by RCMP - GRC Air Services, with the event recorded near Carmacks Yukon.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The RCMP's pilot and three policemen were transferring a prisoner from Mayo to Whitehorse. While approaching Carmacks in good weather conditions, the pilot was making a circuit to land when the airplane rolled over and spun into the ground. It crashed in a bank just below the Mayo Road at a location approximately in between the Territorial Garage and the Carmacks bridge. The burned wreckage was found by the Yukon River and all five occupants have been killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were considered as good. Crew: Sgt K. M. Laughland, Cpl R. W. Asbil, Const P. L. A. Malcolm, Const W. J. L. Annand. Passenger: Joseph Phillipe Clement Desormeaux.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-MPO, MSN 359, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 62.0885°, -136.2858°.