Pond Inlet – Frobisher Bay

On November 3, 1975 at 09:30 PM, Pond Inlet – Frobisher Bay experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Kenting Aviation, with the event recorded near Frobisher Bay Nunavut.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

26 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 26 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was chartered by the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, a national Eskimo organization, and was bringing delegates to a week-long land claims conference at Pond Inlet back to their home settlements. En route, the crew was informed that a landing in Frobisher Bay was not possible due to the deterioration of the weather conditions. The crew apparently decided to divert to another aircraft but few dozen minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet, the captain informed ATC that he was low of fuel and should land. He eventually completed a belly landing in an open land located about 80 km north of Frobisher Bay. All 26 occupants were rescued and the airplane, damaged beyond repair, was abandoned on site.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FOOY, MSN 12411, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 62.8398°, -66.7438°.