Turbo Dak down in Antartica
Status: Preliminary - official
Date: 20 DEC 2007
Type: Basler BT-67 Turbo-67
Operator: Kenn Borek Air
Registration: C-FMKB
C/n / msn: 19560
First flight: 1942
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67R
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Airplane damage: Substantial
Location: Mt. Patterson (Antarctica) show on map
Phase: Takeoff
Nature: Survey/research
Departure airport: ?
Destination airport: ?
Narrative:
The DC-3 Turbo plane was charted by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) providing support to a group of researchers at a remote location in Antarctica. The airplane collided with drifted snow and ice while taking off from a field site near Mt. Patterson in West Antarctica. The six passengers aboard the plane were part of the NSF-funded portion of the international Polar Earth Observatory Network (POLENET) project, which is deploying GPS units and seismic sensors across Antarctica.
Sources:
» NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp (NSF, 21-12-2007)
» CADORS Number: 2007C3509
