ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335592
Date: | Sunday 18 May 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Canso A (PBY-5A) |
Owner/operator: | Maritime Central Airways |
Registration: | CF-FAN |
MSN: | 22023 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sandwich Bay, NL -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
Destination airport: | Cartwright Airport, NL (YRF/CYCA) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Catalina departed Gander, Canada at 13:17 hours on a chartered cargo flight to Cartwright, Labrador. The aircraft was seen approaching to land in Sandwich Bay near Cartwright Harbour with the main undercarriage extended. The aircraft appeared to come to a sudden stop immediately after the wheels touched the water and the tail of the aircraft was seen to rise to a vertical position and settle back at an angle of about 45 degrees. The crew were killed.
Probable Causes: "The aircraft crashed on the water through failure on the part of the pilot-in-command to ensure that the main undercarriage was retracted."
Sources:
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 9701 to 9750 Revision history:
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