Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Estado:
Fecha:24 JUI 1948
Hora:ca 17:30
Tipo:Douglas C-47-DL
Operador:Rimouski Airlines
Registración: CF-FKY
Numéro de série: 6246
Año de Construcción: 1943
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 23 / Ocupantes: 23
Total:Fatalidades: 26 / Ocupantes: 26
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Cap des Rosiers, QC (Canadá) show on map
Fase: En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico No Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Anticosti Island, QC, Canadá
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Gaspe-Metropolitan Area Airport, QC (YGP/CYGP), Canadá
Descripción:
The C-47 Dakota was chartered to fly employees of the Consolidated Paper Co. from Anticosti to Gaspe (YGP). It crashed into the fog-shrouded rocks of Cap des Rosiers, 12 miles East of Gaspe.

Fuentes:
» 29 Killed in worst disaster in Canadian aviation history (Winnipeg Free Press, 1948-07-26)

Fotos
photo of Douglas C-47-DL CF-FKY
Monument remembering the victims of the accident
 

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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