Date: | Thursday 11 April 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) |
Owner/operator: | Northern Wings |
Registration: | CF-FZJ |
MSN: | CV-310 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Manicouagon, QC -
Canada
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Sept-Îles Airport, QC (YZV/CYZV) |
Destination airport: | Lac Jeannine, QC |
Narrative:The Canso aircraft crashed on a frozen lake. It was operating on a cargo flight, transporting diesel fuel to a mining camp at Lac Jeannine.
The flight engineer survived the accident.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot became lost and descended below the minimum en-route altitude in an attempt to establish his position."
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Images:
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
photo (c) via Bart Mann; Manicouagon, QC; April 1957
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