Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 27 March 1957 |
Type: | Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) |
Operator: | Eastern Provincial Airways |
Registration: | CF-HGE |
MSN: | CV-422 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | off Sept-Îles, QC ( Canada)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Canso force landed off Sept-Îles, QC and later drifted and sank off Shelter Bay the next day.
It has also been reported that this happened on September 13, 1962.
Sources:
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Consolidated production list / G. Goodall»
PBY Catalina / Canso Yahoo Group
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.