Date: | Saturday 20 August 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed 18-56A Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | Aerial Photography Co. Ltd. |
Registration: | CF-CPA |
MSN: | 18-2177 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Weeks Lake, QC -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fuel starvation forced the crew to make a belly landing in tundra. The airplane struck rocks. The pilot and two other occupants were rescued by helicopter.
In 2007 plans were made to salvage and restore the airplane.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
CF-CPA - History of a great aircraft - Rescueing a piece of aviation history The Montreal Gazette 23 August 1960, p29
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