Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 22 DEC 1950 |
| Heure: | 13:53 PST |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK |
| Compagnie: | Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL |
| Immatriculation: | CF-CUF |
| Numéro de série: | 12855 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 15 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 18 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 26 km (16.3 milles) N of Penticton, BC (Canada) |
| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR), Canada |
| Penticton Airport, BC (YYF/CYYF), Canada | |
| Numéro de vol: | 4 |
Aircraft approaching Penticton Airport must remain at an altitude of at least 6,500 feet until passing the a fan marker at the Okanagan Mountain. After passing the marker, let down is rapid: 700-800 ft/min. Approaching the marker, the DC-3 contacted trees on the Okanagan Mountain. The port tail plane and elevator were almost immediately sheared off by the trees while the port wing struck a large tree shearing the wing off. The wreckage rotated to the left and slid until coming to rest approximately 400 feet from the first contact with the trees. Both the co-pilot and pilot-in-command sustained fatal injuries.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft struck Okanagan Mountain as a result of being below the minimum altitude permissible when passing through the Greata fan marker during an instrument approach procedure on the Penticton Radio Range." Sources:
» ICAO Circular 18-AN/15 (22-25)
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Vancouver International Airport, BC et Penticton Airport, BC est de 259 km (162 miles).
La distance entre Vancouver International Airport, BC et Penticton Airport, BC est de 259 km (162 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
