A Consolidated PBY-5A similar to the accident aircraft
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| Accident | |
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| Date | 12 May 1962 |
| Summary | Sank on landing |
| Site | Godthab harbour |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Canadian-Vickers PBY-5A Canso |
| Operator | Eastern Provincial Airways on behalf of Greenlandair (now Air Greenland) |
| Registration | CF-IHA |
| Flight origin | Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland |
| Destination | Godthåb, Greenland |
| Passengers | 18 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Survivors | 6 |
On 12 May 1962, an Eastern Provincial Airways Canso amphibian flying boat operating for Greenlandair (now Air Greenland) sank at Godthåb (now Nuuk) in Greenland, causing the death of 15 passengers.[1]
The Catalina was operating a scheduled flight from Kangerlussuaq AirporttoGodthåb for Greenlandair with 21 on board, while landing on the water at Goodthab harbour it sank with 15 passengers being killed.[1] Initial reports were that the aircraft had hit debris on the water.[2]
The aircraft CF-IHA was a Canadian-built variant of the Consolidated Catalina built by Canadian-Vickers in 1944.[1] It was built for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) with serial number 11058 until it was sold in 1947.
A technical investigation concluded that the nose wheel doors had not closed properly probably due to mechanical failure.[1] With a gap of 70mm, the doors were torn off on landing letting water into the nose wheel bay, the pressure of water caused a bulkhead to fail and the aircraft to sink.[1]
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962)
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Mar 1 Mar 4 Mar 8 Mar 16 May 6 Channel Airways Dakota accident May 12 May 22 Continental Airlines Flight 11 Jun 3 Jun 22 Jun 30 Jul 7 Jul 19 United Arab Airlines Flight 869 Jul 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301 Jul 28 Aug 1 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash Sep 3 Sep 18 Nov 23 Nov 23 Nov 27 Nov 30 Dec 19 | |
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Aviation accidents and incidents in Metropolitan Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland
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