Boeing 737 CGNWN

Summary

On 20 August 2011 at about 17:30 local time, a Boeing 737 registered CGNWN, operated by First Air, was involved in an accident near Resolute, Canada. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 August 2011 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Resolute, Canada

Coordinates

74.7189, -94.9186

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

CGNWN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

First Air

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA11RA097

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 20, 2011, about 1230 central daylight time (local), a Boeing 737-200, Canadian registration CGNWN, operated by First Air in a combination passenger/freight configuration as flight 6560 and equipped with Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines, impacted terrain approximately 1 mile east of the airport while on approach for landing at Resolute Bay Airport, Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. Of the four crew and eleven passengers, twelve occupants were fatally injured. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane and engines, the NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the TSB in their investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the TSB of Canada at: Transportation Safety Board of Canada 200 Promenade du Portage Place du Centre, 4th Floor Hull, Quebec K1A 1K8 Canada Website: http://www.tsb.gc.ca

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.