Yellowknife – Diavik

On August 28, 2002 at 04:50 PM, Yellowknife – Diavik experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Buffalo Airways, with the event recorded near Diavik Northwest Territories.

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.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Diavik Airport, the four engine aircraft was too low. This caused the undercarriage to struck the ground about one metre short of runway 10 threshold. On impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the aircraft slid on the runway for almost 300 metres then lost its right wing and rotated to the right before coming to rest, bursting into flames. Both pilots escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GQIC, MSN 27343, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.4852°, -110.2915°.