Hull-loss description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JUL 1953 |
| Type: | Canadair C-54GM Argonaut |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17501 |
| C/n / msn: | 108 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce 622 Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Rockliffe-CFB Ottawa North, ON (Canada) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport, ON (YRO/CYRO), Canada |
| ? |
Destroyed in ground fire. The fire started in the cargo hold, while the Argonaut was being loaded.
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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.
