Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAY 1973 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-50-DL |
| Operator: | Air Gaspé |
| Registration: | CF-QBB |
| C/n / msn: | 10081 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) SE of Rimouski, QC (Canada) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Rimouski Airport, QC (YXK), Canada |
The aircraft crashed and burned after striking a tree while on instrument approach to Rimouski.
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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.
