| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 10 November 1958 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Vickers 724 Viscount |
| Operator: | Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCAL |
| Registration: | CF-TGL |
| MSN: | 43 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL), United States of America |
| Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL), Canada |
A Seaboard & Western Airlines Super Constellation (N6503C) was taking off from New York runway 31R when it became uncontrollable. The aircraft finally struck an unloaded Trans-Canada Viscount, which was preparing to board passengers. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (36-37)Photos
Map
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Distance from New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY to Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC as the crow flies is 533 km (333 miles).
Distance from New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY to Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC as the crow flies is 533 km (333 miles).
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