Hay River - Hay River

On September 3, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Hay River - Hay River experienced a crash involving Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), operated by Norcanair - North Canada Air, with the event recorded near Pine Point Northwest Territories.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Canso departed Hay River with two pilots on a firefighting mission in the region of Pine Point. While flying at low height, circling around the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in the same area, the Canso collided with a Field Aviation Catalina registered CF-HTN. Two pilots were on board the Catalina and were also engaged in a firefighting mission. Following the collision, both aircraft crashed and were destroyed, killing all four crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-IDS, MSN CV-311, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.8333°, -114.4667°.