ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337200
| Date: | Sunday 22 September 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 967 |
| MSN: | 13086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
| Dartmouth RCAF Station, NS |
During takeoff from RCAF Station Gander the flight crew retracted the undercarriage to soon. The aircraft settled onto the runway causing the starboard propeller to strike the runway. The engine failed and the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
John Bradley
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