Yellowknife – Fort Rae – Martin Lake

On February 6, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Yellowknife – Fort Rae – Martin Lake experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Yellowknife Airways, with the event recorded near Yellowknife Northwest Territories.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 other causes. Shortly after takeoff from Yellowknife Airport, the twin engine aircraft encountered serious difficulties to gain height. It then hit a building and crashed. Both crew members who were performing an on-demand cargo flight were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-EKJ, MSN MDF-287.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 62.4528°, -114.4695°.