Date: | Sunday 23 June 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas R4D-3 (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Queen Charlotte Airlines |
Registration: | CF-EPI |
MSN: | 7408 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 18 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT) -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT/CYZT) |
Destination airport: | Vancouver International Airport, BC (YVR/CYVR) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Some 5 minutes after takeoff from Port Hardy, the crew reported they were returning because of elevator control problems. A long final approach to runway 15 was carried out. The DC-3 bounced on touchdown and was then seen to make an exceptionally sharp climb. At the top of the climb the aircraft stalled and crashed in a nose-down attitude, bursting into flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Because of a partially locked elevator, control of the aircraft was lost during an attempt to land."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (129)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Douglas Oliver Mullins; Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT); June 1957
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