Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 29 January 1977
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Owner/operator: British Antarctic Survey
Registration Number: VP-FAP
Location: Gomez Nunatak –
ÿ Antarctica
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Aeroframe and potentially engine components.Aeroframe and potentially engine components.
Category: Accident
An aircraft entered a snow slope and was misidentified as a flat landing site, resulting in a collision and subsequent damage. Five passengers were unharmed, and critical components of the aircraft were recovered but not recovered.An aircraft entered a snow slope and was misidentified as a flat landing site, resulting in a collision and subsequent damage. Five passengers were unharmed, and critical components of the aircraft were recovered but not recovered.
Description
The aircraft was flown into a snow slope when the pilot mistook it for a flat landing site. The five person on board were uninjured and the engines and avionics (and possibly airframe components) were later salvaged but the aircraft was struck off charge and not recovered.
Primary Cause
Misidentification of terrain as a landing site.Misidentification of terrain as a landing site.Share on:
