ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333588
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 April 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Canada Department of Transport |
| Registration: | CF-GXE |
| MSN: | 12159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Saint Jean Airport, QC (YJN) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Saint Jean Airport, QC (YJN/CYJN) |
The DC-3 took off from Saint Jean Airport, QC (YJN) for a calibration flight. Shortly after takeoff the no. 1 engine failed, followed by the remaining no. 2 engine a few seconds later. A forced landing was carried out in the outskirts of Saint Jean, damaging the plane beyond repair.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft engines failed from fuel starvation due to improper use of the fuel selectors."
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Images:
photo (c) Pierre Leblanc; Saint Jean Airport, QC (YJN); April 1961
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