# NTSB DCA11RA097: Boeing 737, Resolute, Canada, August 20, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 20, 2011, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Resolute, Canada
- Coordinates: 74.718887, -94.918609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=74.7189&lon=-94.9186&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11RA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81549/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11RA097

## Factual 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

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGNWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21067
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: First Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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