ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333544
| Date: | Friday 23 June 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Martin JRM-3 Mars |
| Owner/operator: | Forest Industries Flying Tankers |
| Registration: | CF-LYJ |
| MSN: | 9265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Nanaimo, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
During fire fighting operations "Marianas Mars" CF-LYJ hit treetops and crashed into Mount Moriarty, near Parksville, British Columbia, killing all 4 crew.
Some reports suggest a failure of the water drop mechanism, which left the aircraft too heavy to climb quickly enough to avoid the mountain. However, no definite cause has officially been documented for this accident.
Sources:
Old Wings - Martin JRM-3 Mars Air Tankers
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