Thunder Bay - Fort Severn

On September 25, 1975 at 08:00 PM, Thunder Bay - Fort Severn experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Ilford Riverton Airways, with the event recorded near Fort Severn Ontario.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was completing a cargo flight from Thunder Bay to Fort Severn, carrying building supplies. On approach, the crew encountered heavy fog when on final, the airplane struck the bank of the Severn River. It bounced into the air, took off the roof of an Anglican church and crashed 267 feet away in a graveyard, about 3 km from runway 15 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-AII, MSN 19353, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.0193°, -87.6659°.