Namao - Watson Lake

On November 10, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Namao - Watson Lake experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, with the event recorded near Watson Lake Yukon.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While flying in the vicinity of Watson Lake, on a training mission from Namao Airbase in Edmonton, the crew encountered technical problems with the engines. The captain decided to make an emergency landing and eventually ditched the aircraft into the Watson Lake, near the airport of Watson Lake. A crew member was killed while four others were rescued. The aircraft sank and was lost. It was reported that the aircraft experienced fuel flow problems.

Aircraft reference details include registration SX924.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.0865°, -128.8577°.