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Date: | Monday 15 May 1967 |
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Type: | Curtiss C-46T Commando |
Owner/operator: | Nordair |
Registration: | CF-NAD |
MSN: | 30200 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,4 km from Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN) -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN/CYVN) |
Narrative:The C-46 struck snow covered ground 4500 feet short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper in-flight planning and white-out conditions."
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photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
photo (c) Rick Linton; near Cape Dyer Airport, NU (YVN); 16 May 1967
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