Accident Curtiss C-46 Super C CF-HEI,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333520
 
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Date:Wednesday 9 August 1961
Time:14:02
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46 Super C
Owner/operator:Nordair
Registration: CF-HEI
MSN: 22419
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Sarcpa Lake Airstrip, NU -   Canada
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Sarcpa Lake Airstrip, NU
Narrative:
The C-46 struck the ground short of the runway with its main wheels. The airplane landed but the starboard landing gear collapsed and the C-46 went off the runway.
The airplane was arriving at Intermediate DEW line Site 29, CAM-F, Sarcpa Lake.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "During the final approach, the pilot-in-command allowed the aircraft to strike the ground short of the approach end of the runway and below the runway level."

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photo (c) Brian Jeffrey, via Paul Kelley; Sarcpa Lake, NT; August 1961

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