ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335212
| Date: | Sunday 27 December 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair C-54GM North Star |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17505 |
| MSN: | 112 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY) |
The aircraft suffered a mishap on landing at Shemya Air Force Base, Alaska, when the nose wheel oleo fractured during a crosswind landing in driving snow. The aircraft slid off the end of the runway.
The plane was taking part in the Korean airlift.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 30 December 1953, p19
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