Goose Bay - Cartwright - Black Tickle - Goose Bay

On May 26, 2010 at 09:30 AM, Goose Bay - Cartwright - Black Tickle - Goose Bay experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by North Wind Aviation, with the event recorded near Cartwright Newfoundland & Labrador.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Aircraft departed on a round trip flight from Goose Bay to Cartwright and Black Tickle before returning to Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. The pilot was to deliver freight to Cartwright as well as a passenger and some freight to Black Tickle. At approximately 0905, the pilot made a radio broadcast advising that the aircraft was 60 nautical miles west of Cartwright. No further radio broadcasts were received. The aircraft did not arrive at destination and, at 1010, was reported as missing. The search for the aircraft was hampered by poor weather. On 28 May 2010, at about 2200, the aircraft wreckage was located on a plateau in the Mealy Mountains. Both occupants of the aircraft were fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. There was no emergency locator transmitter on board and, as such, no signal was received.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-FZSD, MSN 31-7405233, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.7062°, -57.0198°.