Colville Lake - Fort Good Hope

On May 27, 1989 at 11:30 AM, Colville Lake - Fort Good Hope experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by RCMP - GRC Air Services, with the event recorded near Colville Lake Northwest Territories.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

While taking off from a gravel airstrip at Colville Lake, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with an airport building. All five occupants were rescued and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FMPH, MSN 319, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 67.0408°, -126.0983°.