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Date: | Monday 11 May 1953 |
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Type: | Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Canso A (PBY-5A) |
Owner/operator: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL |
Registration: | CF-CRV |
MSN: | 21984 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Prince Rupert, BC -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Sandspit Airport, BC (YZP/CYZP) |
Destination airport: | Prince Rupert-Seal Cove Airport, BC (ZSW/CZSW) |
Narrative:Bounced on landing and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "It would appear that through misuse of the controls in the air after the aircraft touched down on the water, it bounced several times, the final bounce being so severe that the nose section was torn off."
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photo (c) David Bartle; Prince Rupert, BC; 11 May 1953
photo (c) David Bartle; Prince Rupert, BC; 11 May 1953
photo (c) Don Benn; Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT/CYZT) ?; 1946
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