Date: | Tuesday 13 November 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | Lambair |
Registration: | C-GYHT |
MSN: | 22375 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 km NW of Churchill-Metropolitan Area Airport, MB (YYQ) -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Churchill Airport, MB (YYQ/CYYQ) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:No.1 engine oil temperature rise and a drop in oil pressure forced the crew to descend and turn back to Churchill. The aircraft couldn't hold the altitude and a forced landing was made in rough terrain 1/4 mile short of the runway. Reportedly, the aircraft was overloaded.
Sources:
Scramble 186(59)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Churchill, MN; 15 October 2001
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); March 1978
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