ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334828
Date: | Saturday 17 September 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 31 |
Owner/operator: | Pacific Western Airlines |
Registration: | CF-GBT |
MSN: | 12831 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 22 km N of Thorhild, AB -
Canada
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Edmonton Municipal Airport, AB (YXD/CYXD) |
Destination airport: | Yellowknife Airport, NT (YZF/CYZF) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Bristol 170 took off from Edmonton at 00:21 MST for an IFR flight to Yellowknife. Within the Edmonton Control Area the crew had to maintain VFR however. Around 00:43 the radioed that they were experiencing problems because of a failure of the no. 2 engine and that they were returning to Edmonton at an altitude of 3000 feet. Nothing more was heard from the flight. It appeared the aircraft had crashed in a farm field.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "For reasons as yet undetermined the starboard engine failed and as a result of being overloaded, the aircraft did not maintain altitude on one engine and struck the ground with the starboard wingtip. A further contributory factor was considered to be the failure of the co-pilot's vacuum-driven gyro instruments, without his knowledge."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (181-182)
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