Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAY 1967 |
| Time: | 18:37 EST |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-54F |
| Operator: | Air Canada |
| Registration: | CF-TJM |
| C/n / msn: | 45653/178 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9670 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ottawa, ON (Canada)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC (YUL/CYUL), Canada |
| Ottawa International Airport, ON (YOW/CYOW), Canada |
The DC-8 suddenly rolled to the right and struck the ground inverted while on approach.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure to abandon a training maneuver under conditions which precluded the availability of adequate flight control." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 107-AN/81 (28-37)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC to Ottawa International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 150 km (94 miles).
Distance from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, QC to Ottawa International Airport, ON as the crow flies is 150 km (94 miles).
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.
