Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JUN 1959 |
| Type: | Canadair C-54GM Argonaut |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17525 |
| C/n / msn: | 101 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce 622 Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH) (Greece) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece |
The C-54 was returning to Canada after a transport flight to Egypt on behalf of the United Nations. A tire burst on landing. A fuel line ruptured and a fire erupted.
Crashed on approach.
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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.
