Prince George – Terrace

On January 14, 1977 at 12:00 AM, Prince George – Terrace experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Northern Thunderbird Air - NT Air, with the event recorded near Terrace British Columbia.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

On approach to Terrace Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. On final, the pilot-in-command failed to realize his altitude was too low when, at an altitude of 1,200 feet, the airplane struck a hill located about 3 km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 12 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GNTB, MSN 463, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.5173°, -128.5995°.