ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329578
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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | St. Felicien Air Services |
| Registration: | C-GLUC |
| MSN: | 4760 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Mistassini, QC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Matagami Airport, QC (YNM/CYNM) |
| Quebec Airport, QC (YQB/CYQB) |
The pilots became lost when their radio and navigation equipment failed. When they were running low on fuel, a ditching had to be carried out in the Lake Mistassini, 20 feet offshore.
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photo (c) Larry Leroux; Lake Mistassini, QC; 26 July 1975
photo (c) Larry Leroux; Lake Mistassini, QC; July 1975
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