| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 17, 1983 |
| Time: | 1310 |
| Location: | Paulatuk, Northwest Territory, Canada |
| Operator: | Inuvik Coastal Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Inuvik - Paulatuk |
| AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
| Registration: | C-FGJK |
| cn / ln: | 213 |
| Aboard: | 12 (passengers:10 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The left wing contacted the ground after the pilot attempted a go-around. The plane cartwheeled and crashed. Runway is not oriented to correspond with the prevailing winds. The aircraft was overloaded by 840 lbs and was below that prescribed to take off. Lack of weather forcast. |
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