Yellowknife - Lutsel K'e

On October 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Yellowknife - Lutsel K'e experienced a crash involving Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operated by Air Tindi, with the event recorded near Lutsel K'e Northwest Territories.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Air Tindi Ltd. Cessna 208B Caravan departed Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, at 1103 Mountain Daylight Time under visual flight rules as regularly scheduled flight Air Tindi 200 (8T200) to Lutsel K'e, Northwest Territories. When the aircraft did not arrive at its scheduled time, a search was initiated, and the aircraft was found 26 nautical miles west of Lutsel K'e, near the crest of Pehtei Peninsula. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured, and two passengers were seriously injured. There was no post-impact fire, and no emergency locator transmitter signal was received by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre or search aircraft.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GATV, MSN 208B-0308, year of manufacture 1992.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 62.4050°, -110.7415°.